Olson v. R.J. Reynolds
May 11, 2017
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco company caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease by hiding the dangers of cigarettes.
May 10, 2017
A Florida state court jury awarded a smoker’s widow more than $800,000 and found punitive damages potentially warranted against R.J. Reynolds for the role the company played in her husband’s fatal throat cancer.
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May 4, 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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May 1, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant's concealment of smoking's risks led to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Lawrence v. R.J. Reynolds
Apr 28, 2017
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturer's concealment of smoking's dangers caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
Apr 28, 2017
Attorneys argued over the role R.J. Reynolds may have played in the fatal cancer that struck a Florida farm owner who smoked for more than half his life, as trial opened against the tobacco company Thursday.
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Apr 27, 2017
Jurors this week found a Florida smoker's cancer and eventual death were caused by R.J. Reynolds cigarettes, but shut out the smoker’s widow on her claim for damages against the tobacco company.
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Apr 27, 2017
Shareholders in a clean coal company lost millions because its chief executive wrongfully refused to lift restrictions on the stock's sale, the shareholders' attorney told jurors as trial opened against the company and its former CEO Tuesday.
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Soffin v. Clean Coal Technologies, et al.
Apr 25, 2017
Plaintiffs seek damages for breach of defendants' duty regarding securities.
Apr 21, 2017
A state court jury Thursday awarded $3 million in compensatory damages to a Florida smoker’s widow, and found punitives potentially warranted for the role R.J. Reynolds played in his smoking-related illness. But, it absolved the tobacco giant of h...
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Apr 18, 2017
A Florida state appeals court last month upheld an $11 million verdict against tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds for the throat cancer that took a former smoker’s larynx.
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Apr 11, 2017
A $39 million medical malpractice claim against a South Florida hospital ended in mistrial Friday after jurors declared themselves deadlocked over whether operating room negligence or a catastrophic stroke left a patient in a persistent vegetative...
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