Jury Hits RJR With $2M Verdict, Plus Possible Punitives, For Smoker's Fatal Throat Cancer
Aug 17, 2018
Jurors Thursday night handed down a $2 million verdict night against R.J. Reynolds, and found punitives potentially warranted, for the part they concluded the cigarette maker played in the throat cancer-related death of a Florida smoker.
Aug 15, 2018
In this tobacco litigation case, Barbara Morales claims defendant tobacco companies hid the dangers of cigarettes, which caused addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Aug 15, 2018
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette maker concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
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Aug 9, 2018
Attorneys Tuesday debated what role R.J. Reynolds and its marketing played in the death of a 39-year-old Florida smoker, as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
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Dixon v. R.J. Reynolds
Aug 7, 2018
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
Jul 31, 2018
A state court jury awarded $4.62 million last week to a Florida smoker who claims R.J. Reynolds is responsible for a decades-long nicotine addiction that caused his heart and vascular diseases.
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Jul 25, 2018
A nearly $3 million punitive verdict last week capped a $5 million total award to a Florida man for the role a jury found the country’s two largest cigarette makers played in his wife’s cancer death.
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Jul 23, 2018
In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff claims defendant concealed the hazards of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
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Phil J. Marotta v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.
Jul 20, 2018
In this Engle progeny tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff Phil Marotta alleged R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company of fraudulent concealment of dangers of smoking cigarettes manufactured by the company which led his Philip M. Marotta to get addicte...
Jul 19, 2018
Attorneys Monday debated whether a nursing staff’s conduct during a perinatal emergency caused a child’s lifelong brain damage, as trial began against the hospital where she was delivered.
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Jul 16, 2018
In this premises liability case, plaintiff claims defendant is responsible for the drowning death of an 11-year old.
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Jul 16, 2018
Plaintiff claims defendant healthcare providers failed to meet their standard of care related to pre-delivery treatment and childbirth, leading to a child's brain damage
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