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Jury Awards $50K at Trial Over Smoker's Death, Pins Only 20% of Blame on Philip Morris

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 15, 2019 2:36:03 PM

 

 

West Palm Beach, FL—Jurors cleared Philip Morris of the bulk of responsibility for the death of a South Florida smoker, which potentially slashes the $50,000 award they handed down last week. Frogel v. Philip Morris, 2007-CA-023246. 

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Massachusetts Jury Hears Openings in Wrongful Death Tobacco Trial Against RJR & Grocery Chain

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 14, 2019 3:47:17 PM

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Dedham, MA—A Massachusetts nurse who died from lung cancer was the victim of dangerous cigarette design and a scheme to undermine evidence of smoking’s risks, an attorney for the nurse’s family told jurors Tuesday, as trial began against R.J. Reynolds and a New England grocery chain. Lagadimas v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 1582-CV-01474.

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Topics: tobacco, Massachusetts

Attorneys Face Off Over Conspiracy's Role in Smoker's Death, as Trial Starts Against Tobacco Giants

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 8, 2019 1:04:58 PM

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Fort Lauderdale, FL—Attorneys Thursday debated the role tobacco marketing and nicotine addiction played in the death of a 71-year-old woman who smoked for more than half a century, as trial opened against the country’s two largest cigarette makers. Neff v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2007-CV-036745.

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Neff v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris

|VIDEO| What Joe Fried Showed Jurors in Closings Helped Deliver Eight-Figure Verdict in TBI Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 1, 2019 2:25:47 PM

 

  

 


One of the most effective ways to highlight a defendant’s alleged negligence is to walk jurors through a simple alternative that could have avoided the accident. During closings of a traumatic brain injury trial, Joe Fried vividly demonstrated such a hypothetical alternative and helped seal an eight-figure verdict in the case.    

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Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Johnson v. MARTA

$37M Award Slams Philip Morris & RJR at Trial Over Smoker's Cancer, COPD Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 28, 2019 6:02:00 PM

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Fort Lauderdale, FL—A Florida state court jury hit the nation’s two largest tobacco companies with a $37 million total damage award for the role it found the companies played in a woman’s death after losing a lung to cancer. Mahfuz v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2007-CV-036743.

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Mahfuz v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris