Jury Slaps R.J. Reynolds With $13.5M Total for Role in Smoker's Fatal Respiratory Disease
Mar 23, 2018
Jurors this week awarded $13.5 million to the family of a Florida smoker after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for his respiratory disease-related death.
Mar 18, 2018
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC reached a settlement during jury deliberations on Friday in Florida state court with a former tile worker who sought $11.5 million for developing mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos allegedly contained in the company’s ind...
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Mar 16, 2018
Philip Morris was hit with a $4 million verdict this week for the role the company’s cigarettes played in a Florida contractor’s lung cancer death. But the tobacco giant ultimately avoided punitive liability, despite an earlier jury finding puttin...
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Mar 15, 2018
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette maker caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease by hiding the dangers of their product.
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Retrial Begins in Case Against Philip Morris Over Whether Smoking Addiction Caused Contractor's Cancer
Mar 12, 2018
Attorneys last week argued over the role Philip Morris cigarettes and nicotine addiction played in the death of a 54-year-old Florida building contractor, as retrial against the tobacco giant opened nine months after jurors deadlocked in the case’...
Mar 8, 2018
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Margaret Brown claims tobacco company concealment of smoking's dangers caused smoking-related disease.
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Mar 6, 2018
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendants caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease by hiding the dangers of cigarettes.
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Mar 5, 2018
A state court jury last week cleared R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris of punitive liability for the role the tobacco companies played in the death of a Florida smoker.
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Jury Awards $0 to Smoker's Widow, Despite Linking RJR Cigarettes to Smoker's Cancer Death
Mar 3, 2018
A state court jury Thursday found R.J. Reynolds cigarettes caused the lung cancer that killed a Florida smoker, but cleared Reynolds of financial liability in the case.
Feb 23, 2018
A Florida jury heard opening statements on Thursday in a trial over allegations that exposure to industrial talc products supposedly contaminated with asbestos caused a man’s fatal cancer.
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Feb 23, 2018
Jurors this week awarded the family of a Florida smoker $19.5 million after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for his fatal lung cancer.
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Feb 22, 2018
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC reached a settlement during jury deliberations on Friday in Florida state court with a former tile worker who sought $11.5 million for developing mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos allegedly contained in the companys ind...
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