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Miami, FL— Attorneys Monday debated whether defective cigarette design caused the lung cancer death of a Florida woman, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest cigarette makers. Mendez v. Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, 2018-CA-042377.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Mendez v. Philip Morris
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Tampa, FL— Jurors last week handed down a $6 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds for the role it found the tobacco giant played in the respiratory disease-related death of a Florida woman. Wlasiuk v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-017048.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Wlasiuk v. R.J. Reynolds
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Jacksonville, FL— Jurors last week handed down an $850,000 verdict for the laryngeal cancer death of a long-time Florida smoker, but apportioned only 20% of responsibility to defendant Philip Morris, likely reducing the post-verdict award. Tuttle v. Philip Morris, 2008-CA-000402.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Tuttle v. Philip Morris
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Sarasota, FL— Jurors last week cleared a physician assistant of liability in a medical malpractice trial over the blood clot-related death of a Florida woman. Dinallo v. Kayat, et al., 2019-CA-003392.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Dinallo, et al. v. Kayat, et al.
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Lawrenceville, GA— Ford Motor Co. was hit with a $1.7 billion punitive verdict Friday at trial over a rollover crash that killed a Georgia couple. Hill v. Ford Motor Co., 16-C-04179.
Topics: Products Liability, Georgia, Transportation, Hill v. Ford Motor Co.
