UPDATED: $5.8M Verdict Slaps Tobacco Cos. for Woman's Lung Cancer Death
Feb 16, 2017
Jurors awarded $5.4 million in compensatory damages to the family of a 2-pack-a-day smoker who died of lung cancer, and found punitive damages potentially warranted after concluding the nation's largest tobacco companies concealed the dangers of t...
Feb 15, 2017
A $5+ million claim against Philip Morris for a former smoker’s lung cancer ended in mistrial Monday, just days after openings, because a prospective juror shared information during voir dire about a prior $20 million award in a similar case.
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Feb 10, 2017
Johnson & Johnson deployed a new defense firm on Thursday as opening statements began in the fourth talc powder case to go to trial in Missouri state court.
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Feb 9, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendants' concealment of smoking's dangers led to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Fox v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
Feb 7, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies' concealment of smoking's dangers caused smoking-related disease.
Feb 7, 2017
A Missouri state court judge ordered the selection of a new jury on Monday after the attorney for a woman claiming that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-containing personal hygiene products cause cancer suffered a medical episode during his opening st...
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Feb 7, 2017
A West Virginia state court jury has determined that Subaru is not responsible for the deaths of three passengers who died in a fire after their 1999 Forester sport utility vehicle was struck in a head-on collision.
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Feb 6, 2017
Jury trial in lawsuit alleging that exposure to talc powder caused a woman to develop ovarian cancer.
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Durrance v. R.J. Reynolds
Jan 27, 2017
In this tobacco-related lawsuit, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco company concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Totsie Fleming.
Jan 25, 2017
A West Virginia state court jury determined last February that Subaru was not responsible for the deaths of three passengers who died in a fire after their 1999 Forester sport utility vehicle was struck in a head-on collision.Click here for more i...
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Dec 21, 2016
A Florida jury slapped R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris with more than $19 million in damages for the role it found the cigarette makers played in the death of a former University of Florida professor.
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Dec 8, 2016
A sweeping conspiracy to hide the dangers and addictiveness of cigarettes ultimately killed a former University of Florida marketing professor, an attorney for the professor’s widow said as trial began Wednesday against the nation’s two biggest ci...
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