Kaplan v. R.J. Reynolds
Jun 13, 2018
In this Engle progeny tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant's concealment of smoking;s dangers led to addiction and disease.
Jun 13, 2018
The nation’s two largest tobacco companies were hit with $12 million in punitive damages last Friday, wrapping a $20 million total jury award at trial over a Florida woman’s cancer death.
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Jun 11, 2018
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant hid the dangers of smoking, causing addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Jun 11, 2018
In this tobacco case, plaintiff, claims defendant hid the dangers of cigarettes, causing nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Perrotto v. RJ Reynolds
Jun 6, 2018
In this Engle progeny case, Debbie Perrotto is suing defendant tobacco manufacturers, claiming that defendants concealed the dangers of smoking while furthering an addiction to cigarettes that caused smoking-related disease.
Jun 4, 2018
A rare Saturday of deliberations and juror confusion about a verdict form ended with an $8 million compensatory verdict, plus possible punitives, against the nation’s two biggest cigarette makers for the cancer death of a Florida woman.
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May 30, 2018
Jurors last week cleared R.J. Reynolds of fault for the respiratory disease a Florida man developed following decades of smoking the company’s cigarettes.
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May 29, 2018
A Florida state court judge last Friday struck down the state legislature’s ban on smokable medical marijuana, concluding the prohibition was unconstitutional.
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Lopez v. R.J. Reynolds
May 25, 2018
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant hid the dangers of cigarettes, leading to addiction and smoking-related disease.
May 22, 2018
Attorneys sparred Monday over what, if any, responsibility the nation’s two largest cigarette makers bore for the lung cancer death of a long-time Florida smoker, as closings wrapped before the case went to the jury.
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May 22, 2018
A tobacco industry scheme to undermine medical evidence of smoking’s risks led to a Florida woman’s fatal cancer, an attorney for the woman’s family said Friday, as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris.
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May 18, 2018
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette makers hid the dangers of their products, which caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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