Attorneys Argue Whether Claim Against RJR is Time Barred, as COPD Trial Opens
Oct 7, 2016
Attorneys argued whether a suit against R.J. Reynolds over a Florida woman’s respiratory disease is time barred, as trial in a suit by the woman’s widower opened this week against the tobacco powerhouse.
Oct 4, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturers concealed the dangers of their products, leading to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Sep 30, 2016
Jurors awarded $6.4 million to the family of a Florida smoker who died of emphysema, but handed down a $0 punitive verdict Thursday, one day after finding R.J. Reynolds potentially liable for punitives for its role in the smoker's death.
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Sep 29, 2016
Attorneys debated what drove a Florida man to smoke up to 2 packs of cigarettes a day for more than 30 years, even after doctors diagnosed him with the lung cancer that eventually killed him, as trial opened Tuesday against the country's two large...
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Million-Dollar Punitive Disparity in Tobacco Trial Possibly Caused by Differences in Marketing, Defense Tactics, Attorney Says
Sep 29, 2016
Key differences in modern-day tobacco marketing may have led a tobacco company defendant to receive double the punitive award of the co-defendant who actually made the cigarettes jurors linked to a smoker’s death, an attorney for the smoker’s wido...
Sep 27, 2016
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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Sep 26, 2016
Jurors Friday awarded $3 million to the widow of a former correctional officer for the role they found R.J. Reynolds played in his emphysema and death, but they declined to find punitive damages were warranted against the tobacco giant.
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Sep 23, 2016
Jurors Thursday awarded more than $6.1 million in compensatory damages and found punitives warranted for the role they concluded the nation's two largest tobacco companies played in a Florida smoker's cancer and death.
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Jury Rules Smoker Failed Class Action's Citizenship Requirements, Clearing Philip Morris in His Cancer Death
Sep 22, 2016
Jurors Thursday found a smoker failed state citizenship requirements for purposes of class action membership against the nation’s tobacco companies, clearing Philip Morris of liability for his lung cancer death.
Sep 19, 2016
Attorneys battled Thursday over responsibility for the respiratory disease that killed a Florida man who allegedly smoked up to three packs of cigarettes a day for more than 30 years, as trial opened Thursday against R.J. Reynolds.
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Sep 16, 2016
A widow's suit over the respiratory disease and death of her husband, a 2-pack-a-day smoker for nearly half a century, is time barred, lawyers for R.J. Reynolds claimed Thursday as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
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Sep 15, 2016
A South Florida retail property owner's paint job on an access ramp led to a woman's traumatic brain and spinal injuries, an attorney representing the woman argued as trial opened Wednesday against the property owner and painting contractor.
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