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CVN Tobacco Litigation Roundup for November '21

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 2, 2021 2:02:00 PM

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November saw a full slate of big-ticket tobacco trials in courts across the country. Check out some of the top stories in CVN’s tobacco litigation coverage last month.  

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Massachusetts

$5.57M Total Verdict Against RJR for 49-Year-Old's Lung Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 24, 2021 3:24:31 PM

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Bartow, FL— R.J. Reynolds was hit with a $5.57 million verdict last week for the role jurors found the company played in the lung cancer death of a Florida man. Leidinger v. R.J. Reynolds.

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Topics: Engle Progeny, Florida, Leidinger v. R.J. Reynolds

Jury Awards $6M in COPD Trial Against R.J. Reynolds

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 24, 2021 2:02:43 PM

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Jacksonville, FL— Jurors last week awarded $6 million to a Florida woman after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for the respiratory disease she developed after decades of smoking. Wydra v. R.J. Reynolds. 

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Wydra v. R.J. Reynolds

$1.3M Verdict for Woman Injured in Florida Crash

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 19, 2021 5:48:20 PM

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Ocala, FL— Jurors Friday awarded a Florida woman $1.3 million for the injuries she suffered in a 2017 car crash. Osvath v. Dolive, 2018-CA-000843.

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Topics: Florida, Transportation, Osvath v. Dolive

R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris Prevail at Trial Over Massachusetts Man's Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 19, 2021 12:24:55 PM

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Lowell, MA— Jurors Wednesday cleared the nation’s two largest cigarette makers of responsibility for a Massachusetts man’s throat cancer death after decades of smoking. Babaletos v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 1881CV03523. 

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Topics: tobacco, Massachusetts, Babaletos v. Philip Morris, et al.