Massachusetts Jury Clears Philip Morris & RJR of Liability for Woman's Cancer Death
Feb 9, 2023
Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds prevailed at trial last week over the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who smoked for more than 50 years.
Feb 7, 2023
In this tobacco trial, Calvin Woodley developed laryngeal cancer after smoking cigarettes for over five decades. Woodley claims that years of smoking Philip Morris' Marlboro brand cigarettes caused this cancer, and that Morris failed to warn him o...
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Feb 1, 2023
Jurors last week awarded $6 million to the family of a Florida woman after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for her respiratory disease-related death.
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Jan 24, 2023
A Florida jury handed down a $5 million verdict against Philip Morris Friday after concluding a Florida man died from lung cancer caused by the company’s Marlboro cigarettes. However, jurors apportioned 40% of fault to the smoker himself.
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Dubins v. Philip Morris, et al.
Jan 13, 2023
In this Engle progeny trial, decedent Josephine Dubins suffered from fatal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after smoking R.J. Reynolds' Vantage brand cigarettes for decades. To be considered for the Engle progeny class, plaintiffs must prove...
Jan 11, 2023
Attorneys Monday debated who bore responsibility for the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who smoked for more than half a century, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
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Jan 9, 2023
In this tobacco trial, decedent Robert Hoffman smoked Philip Morris' cigarettes for years, since he was a teenager. Despite quitting smoking before 30, he developed lung cancer and died at 46.His family argues that his lung cancer resulted from hi...
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Jan 9, 2023
In this tobacco trial, decedent Joanne Kinnally developed fatal lung cancer after smoking for over half a century. Joanne's husband, James Kinnally, claims R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris are responsible for producing the cigarettes that led to he...
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Chacon v. Philip Morris
Dec 8, 2022
In this Engle progeny tobacco suit, decedent Robiel Chacon suffered lung cancer after smoking Philip Morris' Marlboro cigarettes for years. Chacon's family claims that this cancer was caused by Philip Morris conspiring to hide the dangers of cigar...
Dec 2, 2022
Attorneys Monday debated what responsibility, if any, R.J. Reynolds bears for the deadly throat cancer a New Mexico man developed after decades of smoking, as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
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Nov 28, 2022
In this tobacco trial, Juan Gonzales developed fatal laryngeal cancer after smoking cigarettes for five decades. Gonzales' family sues R.J. Reynolds, asserting that its Lucky Strike brand cigarettes caused his cancer. Representatives for Gonzales'...
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Oct 31, 2022
The nation’s two largest cigarette makers prevailed last week at trial over the cancer death of a Florida reverend who had smoked for decades.
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