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Miami, FL— The timeline surrounding a Florida smoker’s deadly lung cancer promised to play a key role in his family’s claim against Philip Morris, as trial opened Monday against the tobacco giant. Garcia v. Philip Morris, et al., 2017-CA-005523. 

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Fort Lauderdale, FL— Attorneys debated who was responsible for a Florida man’s death after decades of smoking, as retrial in a case that saw a jury 10 years ago opened Wednesday against R.J. Reynolds. Irimi v. R.J. Reynolds, CACE08026337. 

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St. Louis, MO— Attorneys Monday debated the root cause of the injury that paralyzed a Missouri police officer in a 2016 rollover crash, as trial opened against General Motors. Tudor, et al. v. General Motors, LLC, 19SL-CC00951.