Questions Arise over Smoker's Deadly Cancer and Potential Link to Addiction in Trial Against R.J. Reynolds
Mar 18, 2016
The origin of the cancer that killed a 52-year-old Florida man, and the disease’s potential link to his 40 years of smoking took center stage as trial began Thursday in his family’s suit against tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds.
Mar 17, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiffs claim the defendant, a tobacco company, concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to Alfred Redburn's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Mar 14, 2016
Agrochemical giant Monsanto Co. is facing allegations in a California state courtroom that polychlorinated biphenyls, poisonous industrial chemicals known more commonly as PCBs, caused two retired plaintiffs to develop cancer.
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Mar 10, 2016
Agrochemical giant Monsanto Co. notched a major win Tuesday in ongoing litigation over the alleged health risks of exposure to long-lasting carcinogens called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, when for a third time a state court jury cleared the...
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R.J. Reynolds Beats $10M Claim Over Unfiltered Cigarette Smoker's Lung Cancer Death
Mar 9, 2016
Jurors Tuesday absolved R.J. Reynolds of liability for the cancer death of a Florida heavy equipment operator who smoked unfiltered cigarettes for decades.
Mar 3, 2016
Jurors Wednesday awarded $350,000 to the widow of an alcohol abuse counselor who developed cancer after 40 years of smoking, but rejected the case's wrongful death claim and cleared cigarette maker Philip Morris of the lion’s share of liability.
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Feb 25, 2016
IN this tobacco litigation proceeding, Jessie Gamble claims R.J. Reynolds is liable for the smoking-related disease of Donald Gamble.
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Feb 24, 2016
A jury Monday concluded a Florida woman did not have cancer or respiratory disease within the time required for membership in a class action against the nation’s tobacco companies, clearing Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds of liability in her suit.
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BREAKING: Cigarette Makers Hit for $9M, Plus Punitives TBD, in Widow's Suit Over Ex-Smoker's Deadly Cancer
Feb 11, 2016
Attorneys Wednesday debated what drove a Florida man to smoke for more than 30 years, as jurors prepare to decide whether the nation’s two largest tobacco companies are responsible for his cancer death.
Feb 11, 2016
A pulmonologist told jurors Friday he was certain a Florida smoker had lung cancer withing the time frame allowed to bring her claim against two tobacco companies, and which closed more than a year before doctors diagnosed her with the disease.
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Feb 3, 2016
In this tobacco litigation trial, plaintiffs claim defendant R.J. Reynolds concealed the hazards of cigarettes, leading to a smoking-related disease.
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Feb 3, 2016
A Missouri state court jury on Tuesday handed a major victory to Boston Scientific and C.R. Bard, finding that two of the companies' pelvic mesh implants are not defective and did not cause injuries to a retired nurse.
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