Laramie v. Philip Morris
Jul 30, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturer is responsible for smoking-related disease.
Jul 26, 2019
Attorneys this week argued over whether R.J. Reynolds is responsible for the cancer death of a 42-year-old Florida smoker, as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
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Jul 23, 2019
R.J. Reynolds and a tobacco industry scheme to hook young smokers to cigarettes played a central role in the cancer death of 42-year-old Florida woman, an attorney for the womans daughter told jurors Wednesday, as trial began against the tobacco ...
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Jul 19, 2019
Jurors Friday cleared R.J. Reynolds at trial over claims that its role in a decades-long tobacco industry conspiracy led to a Florida woman’s death.
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Trial Begins Against RJR Over Death of Woman Who Never Smoked Its Cigarettes
Jul 17, 2019
Attorneys Monday argued over whether R.J. Reynolds is responsible for the death of a woman who never smoked the company’s cigarettes, as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
Jul 15, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff contends defendant hid the dangers of cigarettes, leading to addiction and smoking-related illness.
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Jul 3, 2019
A Florida state court jury smacked R.J. Reynolds this week with a $10.6 million total verdict for the role it found the company played in the lung cancer death of a Florida woman.
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Jun 27, 2019
Attorneys last week squared off over what role, if any, R.J. Reynolds and tobacco industry messaging played in the lung cancer death of a Florida woman, as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
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|BREAKING| RJR Cleared in Retrial of Wrongful Death Case That Produced $23B+ Verdict in 1st Trial
Jun 25, 2019
Jurors Monday cleared R.J. Reynolds of liability for the death of a long-time Florida smoker, in the retrial of a case that resulted in a $23.6 billion verdict five years ago.
Jun 21, 2019
A vivid analogy can be a powerful way for a jury to connect with an argument. In the punitive phase of a 2019 trial against the nation’s two biggest tobacco companies for the death of a Florida smoker, Jonathan Gdanski outlines a hypothetical teac...
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Jun 19, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Jun 13, 2019
Five years after being hit with a $23.6 billion verdict that made headlines across the country, and two years after an appellate court threw out that decision, R.J. Reynolds opened retrial Wednesday over its alleged role in the 1996 cancer death o...
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