$1.81M Award Strikes Three Tobacco Companies for Smoker's Cancer Death
Apr 3, 2017
A Florida smoker’s widower was awarded $1.81 million last week for the lung cancer death of his wife, wrapping a rare Engle progeny trial against three of the country’s four biggest tobacco companies.
Mar 30, 2017
A day after awarding $3 million in compensatory damages for the role R.J. Reynolds played in the lung cancer death of a 46-year-old smoker, Florida state court jurors Wednesday declared themselves at an impasse over a punitive verdict, forcing a m...
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Mar 24, 2017
Plaintiff seeks damages over claims of smoking-related disease.
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Mar 24, 2017
A woman’s hopeless addiction to cigarettes was driven by tobacco deceit that led to her fatal lung cancer, an attorney for the woman’s widower said during Tuesday's openings of a rare Florida state court trial against three of the nation’s four la...
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Judge Holds Talcum Powder ‘Science Day’ Hearing In Preparation For First California Trial
Mar 8, 2017
A California state court judge on Tuesday received a day-long crash course on the alleged links between Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder and ovarian cancer, in a hearing meant to bring her up to speed on the underlying science ahead of a bell...
Mar 7, 2017
"Science Day" hearing in consolidated talc powder docket in advance of July 2017 trial.
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Mar 4, 2017
Jurors cleared Johnson & Johnson and its talc supplier Friday afternoon of responsibility for the ovarian cancer a woman claims was caused by years of using the consumer giant’s baby powder products.
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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.
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WWII Hero's Family Awarded $6M in Trial Against RJR Over Heart and Lung Disease
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.
Feb 24, 2017
Expert witnesses retained by attorneys for a woman accusing Johnson & Johnson of withholding the cancer risks of talc powder-based hygiene products from the public recently underwent intense questioning by the company’s high-powered legal team.
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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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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.
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