$10M Total Verdict in Wrongful Death Cancer Case Against RJR and Philip Morris
Mar 22, 2019
Jurors this week awarded $10 million to the family of a Florida smoker whose cancer death they linked to cigarettes and a tobacco industry scheme to hide their dangers.
Mar 21, 2019
Philip Morris was hit with an $800,000 punitive verdict Tuesday for its role in the cancer an alcohol abuse counselor developed after years of smoking the company’s cigarettes.
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Mar 15, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant hid the dangers of smoking, causing nicotine addiction and disease.
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Mar 13, 2019
In this Engle tobacco litigation proceeding, Bernice McCall claims defendant Philip Morris concealed the dangers of cigarettes, which caused the lung cancer and death of Martin McCall.
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Attorneys Face Off Over Conspiracy's Role in Smoker's Death, as Trial Starts Against Tobacco Giants
Mar 8, 2019
Attorneys Thursday debated the role tobacco marketing and nicotine addiction played in the death of a 71-year-old woman who smoked for more than half a century, as trial opened against the country’s two largest cigarette makers.
Mar 7, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturer concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to addiction and disease. ****We are currently having trouble establishing a reliable 4G stream due to conditions in the courtroom. ...
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Feb 28, 2019
Fort Lauderdale, FL—A Florida state court jury hit the nation’s two largest tobacco companies with a $37 million total damage award for the role it found the companies played in a woman’s death after losing a lung to cancer.
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Feb 27, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendants hid the dangers of smoking, which caused addiction and disease.
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Jury Awards $10M at Trial Against R.J. Reynolds Over Smoker's Stomach Cancer
Feb 27, 2019
R.J. Reynolds Tuesday was hit with a $10 million total damage award for the role jurors found it played in the cancer that cost a Florida smoker his stomach.
|BREAKING| Mistrial in $46M+ Case Against 2 Bars Over Crash That Left Woman With Severe Brain Damage
Feb 27, 2019
A Florida state court judge Wednesday declared a mistrial in a case against two Tallahassee-area bars over the devastating brain injury a Florida woman suffered in a late night hit-and-run, after jurors declared themselves hopelessly deadlocked.
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Feb 26, 2019
Philip Morris was hit with a $2.5 million verdict, but avoided a punitive damage award against it for the role jurors found the tobacco giant played in the cancer death of a Florida truck driver.
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Feb 22, 2019
Jurors Friday awarded $1 million to the family of a Florida man who died of lung cancer they found was caused by R.J. Reynolds cigarettes and a conspiracy to hide the dangers of smoking. However, the jury rejected a claim for punitive damages in t...
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