Jones v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
Jul 15, 2022
In this tobacco case, plaintiff seeks to recover damages for smoking-related disease.
Mar 10, 2022
Jurors previewed evidence surrounding what drove a Massachusetts woman's smoking decisions, as trial opened last week against R.J. Reynolds over her lung cancer death.
Read More
Mar 2, 2022
In this tobacco case, plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries he contends were suffered due to smoking.
View Proceeding
Dec 2, 2021
November saw a full slate of big-ticket tobacco trials in courts across the country. Check out some of the top stories in CVN’s tobacco litigation coverage last month.
Read More
R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris Prevail at Trial Over Massachusetts Man's Cancer Death
Nov 19, 2021
Jurors Wednesday cleared the nation’s two largest cigarette makers of responsibility for a Massachusetts man’s throat cancer death after decades of smoking.
Oct 29, 2021
Attorneys Tuesday debated what role, if any, decades of smoking played in a Massachusetts man’s throat cancer death, as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris.
Read More
Oct 26, 2021
In this tobacco case, plaintiff seeks damages for disease she claims was caused by cigarettes.
View Proceeding
Sep 9, 2021
In this tobacco case, plaintiff is seeking damages for disease she claims is caused by defendant's manufacturer's cigarettes.
View Proceeding
$9.5M Awarded At In-Person Wrongful Death Trial To Adult Children Of Pedestrian Killed In Crosswalk
Apr 27, 2021
A Massachusetts state court jury awarded $9.5 million in damages on Friday to the two adult children of a woman struck and killed by a truck while walking her dog in 2017.
Apr 21, 2021
4-5 day jury trial in Hamden County Superior Court (MA) stemming from a pedestrian struck and killed by a vehicle in a crosswalk. PLEASE NOTE: Audio and video of opening statements is of poor quality due to technical difficulties on the first day ...
View Proceeding
Dec 20, 2019
Jurors Friday cleared the nation’s two largest tobacco companies of fault in the cancer death of a Massachusetts man.
Read More
Dec 6, 2019
Attorneys Monday argued over what, if any, role cigarette design and tobacco industry marketing played in the death of a Massachusetts man, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
Read More