Whitmire v. R.J. Reynolds
Mar 21, 2017
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette company concealed the dangers of its products, leading to addiction and disease.
Mar 21, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette companies hid the hazards of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
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Mar 13, 2017
Jury selection begins this week at trial against a South Florida hospital accused of negligence in treating a brain hemorrhage that left a patient in a vegetative state.
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Mar 2, 2017
A Florida biotech company settled its malpractice claim against legal giant Greenberg Traurig, one day after the trial’s judge issued directed verdicts limiting the law firm’s defenses but slashing the company’s original $700 million-plus damage c...
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Appeals Court Orders New Trial for Tobacco Case That Produced $23.6B Verdict
Mar 1, 2017
A Florida state appellate court ordered a new trial last week in the tobacco cancer case that yielded a record-setting $23.6 billion verdict against R.J. Reynolds.
Feb 24, 2017
A Florida state court jury handed down a $6 million verdict against tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds for the role it played in the illness a decorated World War II veteran developed after smoking cigarettes for more than a half century.
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Feb 17, 2017
Jurors Friday awarded more than $3.9 million to the family of a Florida mother and son killed in a late-night, 2012 truck crash, but found a non-party drunk driver largely at fault, likely reducing the award.
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Feb 16, 2017
Jurors awarded $5.4 million in compensatory damages to the family of a 2-pack-a-day smoker who died of lung cancer, and found punitive damages potentially warranted after concluding the nation's largest tobacco companies concealed the dangers of t...
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Mistrial In Cuban Immigrant's Cancer Claim Against Philip Morris, After Prospective Juror Shares News of $20M Award in Similar Case
Feb 15, 2017
A $5+ million claim against Philip Morris for a former smoker’s lung cancer ended in mistrial Monday, just days after openings, because a prospective juror shared information during voir dire about a prior $20 million award in a similar case.
Feb 13, 2017
Jurors Friday cleared Subway founder Fred DeLuca of responsibility for the alleged breach of a massive land development agreement, and they handed down a to-be-trebled $2.9 million verdict against his partners, a Florida real estate developer and ...
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Feb 9, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendants' concealment of smoking's dangers led to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Feb 8, 2017
R.J. Reynolds Wednesday prevailed in a suit by the family of a Florida woman who died from respiratory disease after smoking for 60 years, as jurors declared the claim time barred.
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