Mathis v. R.J. Reynolds
Jul 29, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Hazel Mathis claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to addiction and smoking-related disease.
Jul 28, 2016
The largest accounting negligence lawsuit ever to go to trial begins August 1 in Florida, where Big Four firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will defend against claims it should pay $5.5 billion for performing allegedly faulty audits.
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Jul 26, 2016
A unanimous panel of six jurors deliberated for just under two hours following a weeklong trial before rejecting plaintiff Thomas Truongs allegations against Waste Services of Florida Inc. and truck driver William Bocker. Truong's attorneys accus...
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Jul 25, 2016
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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Split Decision: Philip Morris Hit for $1.5M, but RJR Cleared in Trial Over Fatal Cancer
Jul 21, 2016
A Florida jury Tuesday found nicotine addiction and Philip Morris cigarettes caused a 40-year smoker's fatal cancer and awarded her widower $1.5 million in compensatory damages. But, it rejected any punitive payout and cleared R.J. Reynolds of lia...
Jul 14, 2016
A pulmonologist who treated a woman who smoked up to two packs of cigarettes a day for 40 years testified he would consider such a smoker, “by definition,” addicted to nicotine, as trial over the woman's fatal cancer continued against the nation’s...
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Jul 7, 2016
Attorneys battled over whether tobacco industry deception or a smoker’s own decisions caused her fatal lung cancer, as trial over the woman's death opened against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris Tuesday.
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Jul 7, 2016
While the nation’s two largest tobacco companies were found partially liable for causing a Florida smoker's lung disease and cancer, jurors placed the lion’s share of responsibility on the smoker and awarded only a fraction of the damages her son ...
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Varner v. R.J. Reynolds
Jul 5, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Joseph Varner claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to a smoker's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
Jun 22, 2016
Jurors Tuesday cleared R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris of fault for the lung cancer that killed a Florida smoker.
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Jun 18, 2016
A Massachusetts-based personal injury firm taking its first ‘Engle progeny’ tobacco case to trial squared off against two of the industry’s most experienced litigators in a Florida state courtroom on Thursday.
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Jun 16, 2016
A Florida state court jury heard opening arguments on Monday in a lawsuit filed against R.J. Reynolds Inc. and Philip Morris by the widow of a woman who began smoking cigarettes as a teenager and died of lung cancer.
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