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Pensacola, FL— Five years after being hit with a $23.6 billion verdict that made headlines across the country, and two years after an appellate court threw out that decision, R.J. Reynolds opened retrial Wednesday over its alleged role in the 1996 cancer death of a Florida man. Robinson v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-000098.

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Orlando, FL— Attorneys debated whether Domino’s Pizza is responsible for the actions of a franchisee’s delivery driver accused of causing a 2011 crash that ultimately killed a former Central Florida fire chief, as retrial in the case opened Wednesday. Wiederhold v. Domino’s Pizza, et al., 2011-CA-001589.

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Lowell, MA— Jurors this week hit R.J. Reynolds with a $17 million-plus verdict for the part they found the tobacco company played in a Massachusetts woman’s lung cancer death. Coyne v. R.J. Reynolds, 1681CV00266.

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Editor's Note: The parties reached a confidential settlement in the case Friday.

Lawrenceville, GA— Trial is set to begin Monday over a 2015 crash that killed a Georgia woman after a get-together for her 28th birthday. Keene v. Schwartz, 16-C-05811.

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Miami— A jury hit R.J. Reynolds with a $1 million punitive verdict last week, as part of an unusual decision that awarded no compensatories for the throat cancer that took a Florida smoker's voice box. Moore v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-000858.