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Tobacco Industry Deceit Caused Cigarette Seller's Cancer, Attorney Says as Trial Opens Against Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 9, 2016 5:41:53 PM

Scott Schlesinger delivers his opening statement at trial in Marilyn Oshinsky-Blacker's claims that the nation's two largest tobacco companies are responsible for her husband, Dennis Oshinsky's, cancer and death.


Fort Lauderdale, FL—Attorneys debated what drove a Florida merchant who spent much of his career selling cigarettes to smoke himself, as trial over his lung cancer opened this week against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies. Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2008-CV-025841.

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds

Trial Over Cobb County Crash that Led to Driver's Spinal Fusion Set to Begin Monday

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 8, 2016 1:11:28 PM

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Marietta, GA—Jury selection is set to begin Monday at trial over a Cobb County crash that allegedly left a driver with a fused spine and a six-figure medical bill. Reboulet v. Schlosberg, 14A-3421-3.

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Topics: Negligence, Vehicle Collision, Georgia, Reboulet v. Schlosberg

Jury Finds Ex-Train Worker's $15M COPD Claim Against R.J. Reynolds Time Barred

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 7, 2016 8:26:38 PM

Jeffrey Furr delivers closing arguments for R.J. Reynolds at trial over the emphysema John Hackimer claims the cigarette maker caused. 


West Palm Beach, FL—R.J. Reynolds prevailed Tuesday against a $15 million suit by a former train engineer after jurors found his claim untimely. Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-010849. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds

Hearing Leads to Accord, Answers on Viacom Control & Sumner Redstone's Empire

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Aug 26, 2016 9:50:43 PM

Canton, MA—At the urging of a Probate and Family Court judge, parties battling over the future of Sumner Redstone's $40 billion media empire took a break from a Friday pre-trial hearing and returned announcing they’d made strides toward a deal that could ultimately resolve the tangle of disputes between them. Dauman v. Redstone, 16-E0020.

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Topics: Dauman v. Redstone, Massachusetts

|BREAKING NEWS| PricewaterhouseCoopers Settles $5.5B Accounting Negligence Suit by Taylor Bean Trust

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Aug 26, 2016 5:39:33 PM

Miami—PricewaterhouseCoopers settled a $5.5 billion accounting negligence case against it, midway through a Florida state court trial over the accounting giant’s alleged responsibility for failing to detect widespread fraud that led to the collapse of one of the nation’s largest home mortgage lenders. Taylor Bean & Whitaker Plan Trust v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2013-033964-CA-01.

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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Malpractice, Accounting, Taylor Bean Plan Trust v. PricewaterhouseCoopers