|BREAKING| RJR Prevails in Trial Over 42-Year-Old Florida Woman's Cancer Death
Aug 1, 2019
Jurors Thursday cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the cancer death of a 42-year-old Florida woman who had smoked for more than two decades.
Aug 1, 2019
Jurors heard evidence over whether Philip Morris is responsible for a Massachusetts smoker’s death, as trial began this week against the tobacco giant.
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Jul 30, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturer is responsible for smoking-related disease.
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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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Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds
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 ...
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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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.
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Jul 15, 2019
In this tobacco case, Ofelia Ruiz suffered from lung cancer after smoking cigarettes for decades. Her family claims that R.J. Reynolds is responsible for this cancer, despite Ruiz having never smoked R.J. Reynolds' cigarettes.Ruiz's family argues ...
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Florida Jury Awards $10.6M at Trial Against RJR Over Cancer Death of Woman Who Began Smoking at 31
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.
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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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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