|BREAKING UPDATE| $1M Verdict Handed Down Against RJR for Smoker's Fatal Lung Cancer
Feb 22, 2019
Jurors Friday awarded $1 million to the family of a Florida man who died of lung cancer they found was caused by R.J. Reynolds cigarettes and a conspiracy to hide the dangers of smoking. However, the jury rejected a claim for punitive damages in t...
Feb 18, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff, claims defendant cigarette maker concealed the hazards of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
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Feb 15, 2019
Attorneys debated what drove a Florida woman to smoke up to two packs a day until cancer cost her a lung, as trial over her death began last week against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
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Feb 11, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette maker concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
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Jury Slaps RJR With $13.5M Punitive Verdict at Trial Over Smoker's Fatal Throat Cancer
Feb 8, 2019
R.J. Reynolds was hit with a $13.5 million punitive verdict Thursday for its part in the throat cancer death of a Florida smoker.
Feb 7, 2019
In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff contends defendant cigarette manufacturer hid the dangers of smoking, leading to nicotine addiction and disease.
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Feb 6, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant hid the dangers of cigarettes, leading to addiction and disease.
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Feb 5, 2019
In this tobacco trial, decedent Tyrone Dixon died from throat cancer after smoking for most of his life. This case has been tried before but the verdict was overturned upon appeal, as the appellate court found that the trial court did not provide ...
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Jurors Clear RJR at Trial Over $15M+ Claim Nicotine Addiction Killed Vietnam Vet
Jan 30, 2019
Jurors Friday cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility at trial over the death of a Florida Vietnam vet who smoked up to three packs of cigarettes a day for decades.
Jan 25, 2019
Days after jurors handed down a $2 million compensatory verdict against R.J. Reynolds for its role in a Florida woman’s cancer death, and shortly after punitive proceedings opened in the case Tuesday, the tobacco giant settled with the woman’s fam...
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Jan 17, 2019
A conspiracy to hide the dangers of smoking hooked a Vietnam vet to cigarettes and led to an ultimately fatal combination of respiratory disease and lung cancer, an attorney for the man’s family said last week as trial began against R.J. Reynolds.
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Jan 16, 2019
In this Engle progeny proceeding, Rose Pollari claims that defendant tobacco manufacturers concealed the dangers of smoking while furthering the addiction of Paul Pollari, leading to his smoking-related disease.
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