Retrial Begins in Case Against Philip Morris Over Whether Smoking Addiction Caused Contractor's Cancer
Mar 12, 2018
Attorneys last week argued over the role Philip Morris cigarettes and nicotine addiction played in the death of a 54-year-old Florida building contractor, as retrial against the tobacco giant opened nine months after jurors deadlocked in the case’...
Mar 8, 2018
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Margaret Brown claims tobacco company concealment of smoking's dangers caused smoking-related disease.
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Mar 6, 2018
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendants caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease by hiding the dangers of cigarettes.
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Mar 5, 2018
A state court jury last week cleared R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris of punitive liability for the role the tobacco companies played in the death of a Florida smoker.
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Jury Awards $0 to Smoker's Widow, Despite Linking RJR Cigarettes to Smoker's Cancer Death
Mar 3, 2018
A state court jury Thursday found R.J. Reynolds cigarettes caused the lung cancer that killed a Florida smoker, but cleared Reynolds of financial liability in the case.
Feb 23, 2018
A Florida jury heard opening statements on Thursday in a trial over allegations that exposure to industrial talc products supposedly contaminated with asbestos caused a man’s fatal cancer.
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Feb 23, 2018
Jurors this week awarded the family of a Florida smoker $19.5 million after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for his fatal lung cancer.
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Feb 22, 2018
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC reached a settlement during jury deliberations on Friday in Florida state court with a former tile worker who sought $11.5 million for developing mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos allegedly contained in the companys ind...
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Mobley v. R.J. Reynolds
Feb 20, 2018
In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco company concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness.
Feb 14, 2018
Plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturers hid the dangers of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
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Feb 9, 2018
In this Engle progeny tobacco litigation suit, plaintiff Thomas Hardin claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of their cigarettes fueling a nicotine addiction that led to smoking-related disease.
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Feb 9, 2018
The nation’s two largest tobacco companies were struck with a $17.5 million total verdict for the part jurors found they played in a South Florida woman’s cancer death.
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