Smoker Who Died from Cancer Driven by Addiction, Says Doctor in Trial Against Tobacco Cos.
Jul 14, 2016
A pulmonologist who treated a woman who smoked up to two packs of cigarettes a day for 40 years testified he would consider such a smoker, “by definition,” addicted to nicotine, as trial over the woman's fatal cancer continued against the nation’s...
Jul 7, 2016
Attorneys battled over whether tobacco industry deception or a smoker’s own decisions caused her fatal lung cancer, as trial over the woman's death opened against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris Tuesday.
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Jul 5, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Joseph Varner claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to a smoker's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Jun 28, 2016
A Washington state court jury heard opening statements Monday in the first trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Synthes Inc. used bone cement without FDA approval in the spines of patients who died on the operating table.
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Wilson, et al. v. Chapman, et al.
Jun 27, 2016
The family of Reba Golden, who died in 2007 at the age of 67 while undergoing a supposedly routine procedure to treat back pain, sued in 2013 accusing Synthes, surgeon Jens Chapman and the University of Washington of knowingly engaging in off-lab...
Jun 22, 2016
Jurors Tuesday cleared R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris of fault for the lung cancer that killed a Florida smoker.
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Jun 20, 2016
The first trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson unit Synthes Holding AG used its bone cement in spinal surgeries without regulatory approval on patients that died begins this week.
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Jun 18, 2016
A Massachusetts-based personal injury firm taking its first ‘Engle progeny’ tobacco case to trial squared off against two of the industry’s most experienced litigators in a Florida state courtroom on Thursday.
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Sermons v. R.J. Reynolds
Jun 16, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff contends defendant cigarette companies concealed the dangers of their products, leading to nicotine addiction smoking-related disease.
Jun 16, 2016
A Florida state court jury heard opening arguments on Monday in a lawsuit filed against R.J. Reynolds Inc. and Philip Morris by the widow of a woman who began smoking cigarettes as a teenager and died of lung cancer.
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Jun 13, 2016
Plaintiffs Don Meacham and daughter Lesia Mooney sued the tobacco companies following the 1993 death of Barbara Meacham, who smoked up to two packs of cigarettes per day. Meacham claims his wife smoked for 15 years before the tobacco companies eve...
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Jun 3, 2016
Health problems scuttled the trial this week against R.J. Reynolds over the allegedly smoking-related death of a retired administrative assistant to a Florida police chief.
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