Tobacco or Asbestos? Cancer's Cause in Smoker a Key as Trial Opens Against R.J. Reynolds
Oct 16, 2015
As trial opened this week in the death of a Florida plasterer who smoked for more than 50 years, opposing sides sparred over the cause of the cancer that killed David Robertson and whether it was linked to R.J. Reynolds cigarettes.
Oct 12, 2015
In this tobacco liability case, Irene Robertson is suing defendant tobacco manufacturers for concealing the dangers of cigarettes, which she claims led to the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of David Robertson.
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Oct 9, 2015
Jurors delivered a verdict for R.J. Reynolds in everything but name Monday, as they awarded $5,000 to the widower of a Polish immigrant who smoked for more than 40 years, and they found Reynolds only 2% responsible for the cancer that caused her d...
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Oct 9, 2015
A 2012 car crash did not deliver the career-ending injuries a former lab technician claims she suffered, a jury found last week in a quarter-million-dollar-plus trial.
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$500K in Punitives against Tobacco Cos. Push Verdict for Smoker’s Widow to $1.5M
Oct 8, 2015
The nation’s two largest tobacco companies were each hit Tuesday with $250,000 punitive awards for their role in the death of a Florida man who smoked for more than 50 years.
Oct 6, 2015
In this wrongful death negligence case, William Gregory claims defendants caused the vehicular collision that killed 22-year-old Joshua Lopez, who was riding a motorcycle at the time a vehicle allegedly turned into his path.
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Oct 3, 2015
Jurors Friday awarded $1 million, plus potential punitives, to a Florida widow who claimed two of the nation’s leading tobacco companies were responsible for her husband’s death following a half-century of smoking.
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Sep 28, 2015
In this negligence case, plaintiff Lauren Stern is seeking damages for injuries resulting from a vehicular collision.
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Gordon v. R.J. Reynolds
Sep 25, 2015
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, John Gordon claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking cigarettes, causing Helen Gordon's nicotine addiction, and, ultimately, her smoking-related illness.
Sep 25, 2015
The nation’s two largest tobacco companies prevailed Tuesday in a suit over the lung cancer death of a Cuban-born furniture upholsterer who smoked for more than three decades.
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Sep 21, 2015
In this medical malpractice case, Carole Valente claims defendant medical practitioners performed a microvascular decompression procedure on the wrong side of Valente's body, leading to injuries.
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Sep 21, 2015
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Gertrude Marchese claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, fueling the nicotine addiction of Salvatore Marchese, causing his smoking-related illness.
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