Mistrial In Cuban Immigrant's Cancer Claim Against Philip Morris, After Prospective Juror Shares News of $20M Award in Similar Case
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.
Feb 9, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendants' concealment of smoking's dangers led to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Feb 8, 2017
R.J. Reynolds Wednesday prevailed in a suit by the family of a Florida woman who died from respiratory disease after smoking for 60 years, as jurors declared the claim time barred.
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Feb 7, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies' concealment of smoking's dangers caused smoking-related disease.
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Brown v. Philip Morris
Feb 2, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco company's concealment of smoking's dangers led to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
Jan 27, 2017
In this tobacco-related lawsuit, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco company concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Totsie Fleming.
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Jan 12, 2017
Last year, CVN cameras webcast 40 Engle progeny trials, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake in tobacco litigation involving some of the nation’s best attorneys. CVN’s Engle Plaintiff’s Attorney of 2016 distinguished himself with an undef...
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Jan 6, 2017
A Florida appellate court this week cut a pair of Engle awards against the country’s two biggest tobacco companies, after concluding the trial judge in each case erred in not reducing their compensatory damages.
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$19.4M Award Hammers Tobacco Companies at Trial Over Death of Florida Professor
Dec 21, 2016
A Florida jury slapped R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris with more than $19 million in damages for the role it found the cigarette makers played in the death of a former University of Florida professor.
Dec 19, 2016
Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds prevailed Friday at trial in a wrongful death claim brought by the widow of a Florida smoker, after jurors found the smoker did not meet a class action suit’s requirements.
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Dec 13, 2016
Mounting a strong defense in a trial's punitive phase can be daunting. A defense attorney is often faced with convincing jurors that the defendant they just found committed wrongdoing egregious enough to warrant harsh punishment has actually chang...
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Dec 8, 2016
A sweeping conspiracy to hide the dangers and addictiveness of cigarettes ultimately killed a former University of Florida marketing professor, an attorney for the professor’s widow said as trial began Wednesday against the nation’s two biggest ci...
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