Tobacco Conspiracy Led to Smoker's Fatal Lung Cancer, Attorney Claims as Trial Opens Against PM & RJR
Aug 16, 2019
A Florida smoker died of cancer after decades of believing tobacco marketing concerning filtered cigarettes, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday, as trial opened against the country’s two largest tobacco companies.
Aug 14, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturer concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
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Aug 14, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette companies caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness by hiding the dangers of their products.
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Aug 9, 2019
The most successful defenses often go beyond simply arguing broken links in a plaintiff’s case. Typically, they also persuasively raise an alternate causation theory in which the defendant is not liable. At trial over a long-time smoker’s death, K...
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|BREAKING| RJR Prevails in Trial Over 42-Year-Old Florida Woman's Cancer Death
Aug 1, 2019
Jurors Thursday cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the cancer death of a 42-year-old Florida woman who had smoked for more than two decades.
Jul 23, 2019
R.J. Reynolds and a tobacco industry scheme to hook young smokers to cigarettes played a central role in the cancer death of 42-year-old Florida woman, an attorney for the womans daughter told jurors Wednesday, as trial began against the tobacco ...
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Jul 19, 2019
Jurors Friday cleared R.J. Reynolds at trial over claims that its role in a decades-long tobacco industry conspiracy led to a Florida woman’s death.
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Jul 17, 2019
Attorneys Monday argued over whether R.J. Reynolds is responsible for the death of a woman who never smoked the company’s cigarettes, as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
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Ruiz v. R.J. Reynolds
Jul 15, 2019
In this tobacco case, Ofelia Ruiz suffered from lung cancer after smoking cigarettes for decades. Her family claims that R.J. Reynolds is responsible for this cancer, despite Ruiz having never smoked R.J. Reynolds' cigarettes.Ruiz's family argues ...
Jul 3, 2019
A Florida state court jury smacked R.J. Reynolds this week with a $10.6 million total verdict for the role it found the company played in the lung cancer death of a Florida woman.
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Jun 27, 2019
Attorneys last week squared off over what role, if any, R.J. Reynolds and tobacco industry messaging played in the lung cancer death of a Florida woman, as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
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Jun 25, 2019
Jurors Monday cleared R.J. Reynolds of liability for the death of a long-time Florida smoker, in the retrial of a case that resulted in a $23.6 billion verdict five years ago.
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