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.
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.
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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...
Jun 12, 2019
This is a tobacco trial that was originally part of the Florida Engle class action litigation that was decertified in 2006. Michael Johnson died from lung cancer in 1996 at 36 years old. He began smoking at the age of 13, and smoked Kool Menthol c...
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Jun 7, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant's concealment of smoking's risks led to addiction and disease.
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May 22, 2019
A jury hit R.J. Reynolds with a $1 million punitive verdict last week, as part of an unusual decision that awarded no compensatories for the throat cancer that took a Florida smoker's voice box.
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May 16, 2019
A Florida state court judge Monday declared a mistrial eight days into trial against the nation’s two largest tobacco firms, following the death of the plaintiff in the case.
May 13, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant's concealment of smoking's dangers led to nicotine addiction and disease.
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May 8, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiffs are seeking damages for injuries allegedly caused by smoking-related disease.
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May 3, 2019
A Florida state court jury Thursday handed down a $1.6 million-plus verdict for the respiratory disease and cancer it found a Florida woman suffered because of Philip Morris-brand cigarettes. However, the verdict apportioned the lion’s share of bl...
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