Smoker's Snowbird Status Debated in Trial Against Tobacco Cos. Over Fatal Cancer
Nov 7, 2016
As trial opened last week against the nation's two largest tobacco companies over claims smoking killed a New York native who spent her winters in Florida, attorneys debated what fueled the woman's half-century smoking habit and whether she was a ...
Nov 3, 2016
Jurors Wednesday rejected defense claims that a recreational cocaine user could not be addicted to nicotine and awarded his family $6 million for the role they found R.J. Reynolds played in his fatal throat cancer.
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Nov 2, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette makers caused the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Carole Martin, by concealing the dangers of smoking.
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Nov 2, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette maker hid the dangers of smoking, causing nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness.
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Ford v. R.J. Reynolds
Nov 2, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette maker hid the dangers of its products, leading to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
Nov 2, 2016
Jurors Tuesday declared themselves at an impasse during deliberations in an $8.75-million trial against R.J. Reynolds over fatal complications from a smoker's lung cancer, causing a Florida judge to declare a mistrial in the case
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Nov 2, 2016
Jurors Wednesday awarded $7.5 million in compensatory damages to the widow of an Army veteran for the role they found cigarette manufacturer R.J. Reynolds played in his lung cancer death.
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Nov 2, 2016
Jurors Wednesday cleared a South Florida psychiatrist of responsibility for the brain damage a cardiologist says he suffered as the result of electroshock treatments the psychiatrist delivered without proper consent.
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BREAKING: $5M Verdict for Limb Loss After Bone-Crushing Fall in GA Paratransit Van
Oct 29, 2016
Jurors Friday awarded $5 million to a Georgia woman who lost her left arm and had her right leg rendered useless in a fall on a paratransit van.
Oct 28, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease through their concealment of smoking's dangers.
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Oct 26, 2016
A former military man described as hard-headed, stubborn, and having a short fuse, was completely responsible for his own smoking and could not have been dissuaded from his 3-pack-a-day habit, the defense claimed in opening statements last week in...
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Oct 25, 2016
Jurors awarded nearly $8.8 million in compensatory damages to a Florida man for the smoking-related death of his wife, and found R.J. Reynolds potentially liable for puntive damages, after concluding the tobacco company was responsible for the wom...
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