After apparently cracking the Engle Code, as we noted last week, four tobacco companies teamed up for another defense verdict today in Arthur Rohr v. R.J. Reynolds. The Rohr verdict represents Tobacco's sixth consecutive win.
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Closing arguments in Rohr v. R.J. Reynolds phase 2 were completed today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Phase 1 of the Rohr v. R.J. Reynolds Engle tobacco trial considered just a single question: "Was Arthur Rohr addicted to cigarettes containing nicotine, and, if so, was such addiction a legal cause of his death?"
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Plaintiff attorney Bruce Denson told the jury in Rohr v. R.J. Reynolds that Arthur Rohr smoked a pack a day for 50 years, adding, "No one smokes for 50 years who isn't to some degree addicted."
All the records agreed, said Mr. Denson, that Mr. Rohr died of metastatic lung cancer, which is caused by smoking. Although Mr. Rohr had a small skin cancer, the medical records indicated that the skin cancer apparently had not spread.
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