$3M to Family of Smoker Who Died From COPD
Nov 24, 2014
A Jacksonville jury awarded more than $3 million in compensatory damages to the family of a smoker who died from COPD after decades of smoking Reynolds and Philip Morris brand cigarettes.
Nov 19, 2014
A Miami jury awarded a smoker's widow $21 million in her Engle progeny wrongful death suit against R.J. Reynolds. Diane Schleider v. R.J. Reynolds.
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Nov 13, 2014
A jury awarded $400,000 in punitive damages in Webb v. R.J. Reynolds, bringing the total award to Dianne Webb to $1.3 million in her wrongful death Engle progeny lawsuit.
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Nov 7, 2014
Three verdicts are the focus of this week's Engle progeny review.
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Jury Awards Nearly $4.5 Million Plus Potential Punitives in Engle Progeny Suit Against RJR
Nov 6, 2014
A Jacksonville jury awarded Helen Taylor nearly $4.5 million in compensatory damages in her Engle progeny suit against R.J. Reynolds.
Nov 5, 2014
R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco manufacturers prevailed in an Orlando wrongful death Engle progeny suit brought by Annie Bishop.
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Oct 31, 2014
Two Engle cases, including Taylor v. RJR and Bishop v. RJR, highlight this week's Engle progeny review.
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$7 MIllion in Compensatory Damages to Plaintiff in Wilcox v. R.J. Reynolds, Engle Progeny Tobacco Suit
Aug 27, 2014
A Miami jury awarded $7 million to the family of a 60-year smoker in an Engle progeny tobacco verdict.
Aug 26, 2014
A jury awarded no compensatory damages to the plaintiff in an Engle progeny suit, but found defendant tobacco firms liable for punitive damages, raising the issuse of whether a copensatory award was a prerequisite to punitive damage liability.
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Aug 21, 2014
In Massachusetts's second pelvic mesh trial involving Boston Scientific and its products, plaintiff testified to pain she suffered following the pelvic mesh surgery.
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Aug 20, 2014
The daughter of a deceased smoker in an Engle progeny trial against tobacco companies testified her father was a nicotine addict who was always trying to quit smoking.
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