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Brunswick, GA— A Georgia jury today cleared three drug distributors of responsibility for the fallout from opioid abuse that 21 family members of abusers suffered, wrapping the nation’s first state court, private-plaintiff trial over the opioid epidemic. Poppell, et al. v. Cardinal Health, et al., CE19-00472.
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Boston, MA— Jurors Friday levied a $5 million verdict against Philip Morris in finding the company and its Marlboro cigarettes responsible for the laryngeal cancer a Massachusetts man developed. Woodley v. Philip Morris, 2084-CV-01559.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Massachusetts, Woodley v. Philip Morris
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Boston, MA— Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds prevailed at trial last week over the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who smoked for more than 50 years. Kinnally v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 1684CV03937.
Topics: tobacco, Massachusetts, Kinnally v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
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Miami, FL— Jurors last week awarded $6 million to the family of a Florida woman after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for her respiratory disease-related death. Dubins v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-001470.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Dubins v. R.J. Reynolds
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Brunswick, GA— Attorneys Monday debated who should bear responsibility for the sweeping fallout of opioid addiction, as a first-of-its-kind, private-plaintiff jury trial over the opioid epidemic opened in Georgia against three drug distributors. Poppell, et al. v. Cardinal Health, Inc., et al., CE19-00472.
