Attorneys Argue Whether Claim Against RJR is Time Barred, as COPD Trial Opens
Oct 7, 2016
Attorneys argued whether a suit against R.J. Reynolds over a Florida woman’s respiratory disease is time barred, as trial in a suit by the woman’s widower opened this week against the tobacco powerhouse.
Oct 5, 2016
A Missouri state court jury heard opening statements Tuesday in a high-stakes lawsuit accusing pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson of concealing the ovarian cancer risks of its popular talcum powder-containing personal hygiene products.
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Oct 4, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturers concealed the dangers of their products, leading to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Oct 4, 2016
Jury trial in product liability suit alleging plaintiff Deborah Giannecchini developed ovarian cancer as a result of using Johnson and Johnson's talc-containing powder. Click here for more in-depth coverage via the CVN News Blog.
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Jury Slaps RJR With $6.4M Verdict, but $0 Punitives, in Trial Over Smoker's Fatal Emphysema
Sep 30, 2016
Jurors awarded $6.4 million to the family of a Florida smoker who died of emphysema, but handed down a $0 punitive verdict Thursday, one day after finding R.J. Reynolds potentially liable for punitives for its role in the smoker's death.
Sep 29, 2016
Attorneys debated what drove a Florida man to smoke up to 2 packs of cigarettes a day for more than 30 years, even after doctors diagnosed him with the lung cancer that eventually killed him, as trial opened Tuesday against the country's two large...
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Sep 29, 2016
Key differences in modern-day tobacco marketing may have led a tobacco company defendant to receive double the punitive award of the co-defendant who actually made the cigarettes jurors linked to a smoker’s death, an attorney for the smoker’s wido...
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Sep 27, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking, causing Robert Wallace's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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$3M Verdict Slaps R.J. Reynolds in Trial Over Ex-Corrections Officer's Emphysema, Death
Sep 26, 2016
Jurors Friday awarded $3 million to the widow of a former correctional officer for the role they found R.J. Reynolds played in his emphysema and death, but they declined to find punitive damages were warranted against the tobacco giant.
Sep 23, 2016
Jurors Thursday awarded more than $6.1 million in compensatory damages and found punitives warranted for the role they concluded the nation's two largest tobacco companies played in a Florida smoker's cancer and death.
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Sep 22, 2016
Jurors Thursday found a smoker failed state citizenship requirements for purposes of class action membership against the nation’s tobacco companies, clearing Philip Morris of liability for his lung cancer death.
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Sep 20, 2016
Johnson & Johnson on Friday removed to federal court what was expected to be the third state court trial in Missouri over the alleged cancer risks of its talc powder products barely a week before the start of jury selection.
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