Jury Awards $9.75M at Trial over 80-Year-Old Ex-Smoker's Death
Feb 1, 2022
Jurors last week handed down a $9.75 million verdict at trial against R.J. Reynolds over an 80-year-old former smoker's death from respiratory disease.
Jan 26, 2022
R.J. Reynolds was hit with a $10 million total verdict last week for the role jurors found the company played in the bladder cancer a Florida man developed after decades of smoking.
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Jan 21, 2022
Jurors heard opposing narratives over what drove a Florida woman’s smoking decisions across decades, as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds last Friday over her respiratory disease-related death.
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Jan 14, 2022
In this Engle-progeny case, decedent Carolyn Long developed respiratory disease in 2002 after smoking cigarettes since the 1950s. Long's husband sues R.J. Reynolds, arguing that Carolyn's respiratory disease was caused by Reynolds' concealment of ...
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Trial Opens Against RJR Over Former Smoker's Bladder Cancer
Jan 5, 2022
Trial opened Monday against R.J. Reynolds over the bladder cancer a Florida man developed after decades of smoking, with attorneys sparring over what role, if any, tobacco industry messaging played in leading to the disease.
Jan 3, 2022
In this Engle-progeny case, Joseph Rutkowski developed bladder cancer after smoking cigarettes for years. Rutkowski sues R.J. Reynolds, claiming that the company engaged in a conspiracy to hide the risks of smoking for years.Rutkowski's attorneys ...
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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.
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Nov 24, 2021
Jurors last week awarded $6 million to a Florida woman after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for the respiratory disease she developed after decades of smoking.
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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.
Nov 8, 2021
As trial opened last week against R.J. Reynolds over a Florida woman’s respiratory disease, claims surrounding the disease’s onset promise to play a key role in the case.
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Nov 4, 2021
In this tobacco case, plaintiff seeks damages for smoking-related disease.
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Nov 4, 2021
Jurors heard opposing claims of what drove a Florida man to smoke for more than 40 years before his lung cancer death, as trial opened across Friday and Monday against R.J. Reynolds.
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