BREAKING UPDATE: $10M Punitive Verdict Boosts Award Against RJR to $13M in Fatal COPD Trial
Apr 22, 2016
Jurors Thursday awarded $3 million plus potential punitive damages to children of a former bartender, after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that killed her.
Apr 13, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, causing nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness.
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Apr 8, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, Vivian Turner claims defendant tobacco company concealed the health risks of cigarettes, leading to her mother, Vivian Wilkinson's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Apr 8, 2016
R.J. Reynolds prevailed at trial over the cancer death of a 56-year-old smoker, after jurors Thursday rejected the claimed link between the company’s cigarettes and his disease.
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Davis v. R.J. Reynolds
Mar 30, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Patsy Davis claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the health risks of smoking, leading to the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Booker Davis.
Mar 18, 2016
The origin of the cancer that killed a 52-year-old Florida man, and the disease’s potential link to his 40 years of smoking took center stage as trial began Thursday in his family’s suit against tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds.
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Mar 17, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiffs claim the defendant, a tobacco company, concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to Alfred Redburn's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Mar 9, 2016
Jurors Tuesday absolved R.J. Reynolds of liability for the cancer death of a Florida heavy equipment operator who smoked unfiltered cigarettes for decades.
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$350K Award to Widow After Jury Clears Philip Morris of Liability for Smoker's Death
Mar 3, 2016
Jurors Wednesday awarded $350,000 to the widow of an alcohol abuse counselor who developed cancer after 40 years of smoking, but rejected the case's wrongful death claim and cleared cigarette maker Philip Morris of the lion’s share of liability.
Feb 25, 2016
IN this tobacco litigation proceeding, Jessie Gamble claims R.J. Reynolds is liable for the smoking-related disease of Donald Gamble.
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Feb 24, 2016
A jury Monday concluded a Florida woman did not have cancer or respiratory disease within the time required for membership in a class action against the nation’s tobacco companies, clearing Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds of liability in her suit.
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Feb 18, 2016
Attorneys Monday debated what drove an alcoholism counselor to smoke for 40 years until his lung cancer diagnosis and death, as trial opened a suit by his widow against tobacco giant Philip Morris.
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