Douglas v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris
Oct 19, 2017
A state court jury linked Philip Morris cigarettes to a Florida womans laryngeal cancer and her eventual death, but limited its verdict to six figures in medical expenses and found the tobacco company responsible for less than 1/20th of that amount.
Oct 18, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendants' concealment of tobacco's dangers led to nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness.
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Oct 16, 2017
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette company concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to nicotine addiction and disease.
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Oct 13, 2017
A state court jury Tuesday handed down a $7.1 million award to the family of a woman who died from smoking-related lung cancer, after it concluded Philip Morris played a central role in her death.
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Smoker's Death Caused by Cigarette Industry Scheme, Attorney Says in Trial Against Philip Morris & RJR
Oct 6, 2017
A Florida man was caught in a tobacco industry conspiracy that addicted him to cigarettes and led to his lung cancer death, an attorney for the man’s family told jurors Thursday, as trial opened against cigarette giant Philip Morris.
Oct 5, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking, causing Robert Wallace's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Philip Morris Marketing Targeted Women, Drove Smoker's Deadly Addiction, Lawyer Says in Cancer Trial
Sep 28, 2017
The cigarette addiction that led to a Florida woman’s death was fueled by ads targeting women and smokers looking for a “healthier” choice, a lawyer for the woman’s family said Wednesday, as a rare Florida trial outside the Engle progeny line of l...
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Sep 27, 2017
In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff claims defendants caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease by concealing the dangers of cigarettes.
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Suit By Smoker's Widow to Blow Back into Florida Court After 2016 Hurricane Caused Mistrial
Sep 25, 2017
As Florida recovers from the statewide devastation wreaked by Hurricane Irma this month, jury selection is scheduled to begin next week in a tobacco case whose 2016 trial was scuttled by the approach of Hurricane Matthew.
Sep 15, 2017
In closings at trial of a South Florida doctor accused of negligence that led to a patient's colon cancer, Keith Puya used the plaintiff's own arguments on cancer growth rates to help seal a defense win.
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Sep 7, 2017
A Florida couple has appealed a trial judge's order last month wiping out their six-figure verdict in a stock fraud trial after the judge concluded the award lacked evidence to support it.
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Sep 7, 2017
A Florida State Court judge last week declared a mistrial in punitive proceedings against R.J. Reynolds for the role it played in the fatal respiratory disease of a Florida long-haul trucker.
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