Engle-progeny tobacco defendants R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris extended their recent winning streak with a defense verdict today in Warrick v. R.J. Reynolds.
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"Everybody knows that Eveline Warrick was addicted to cigarettes," plaintiff attorney Bob Shields told the jury, in closing argument of the re-trial of Warrick v. R.J. Reynolds, webcast live by CVN. "The evidence is overwhelming, and there is no contrary evidence at all. The answer to question #1 on the form has to be 'yes.'"
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Doffermyre Shields' Bob Shields began his opening statement to the jury, in the retrial of Warrick v. R.J. Reynolds, "It was just before Christmas in 1953 when the heads of the major tobacco companies got together for a secret meeting at the Plaza Hotel in New York City to decide what to do about the mounting scientific evidence that cigarette smoking caused cancer.
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Hon. Judge Charles Mitchell has declared a mistrial in the Engle-progeny tobacco trial Warrick v. R.J. Reynolds, in Jacksonville. The jury, which had the previous day requested to review the deposition testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Warrick and their daughter, was deadlocked.
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Shook Hardy Bacon's Kenneth Reilly closed for the defendant tobacco companies in Warrick v. R.J. Reynolds, webcast live by CVN.
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