Melbourne, FL—Attorneys debated what drove a Florida man to smoke up to 2 packs of cigarettes a day for more than 30 years, even after doctors diagnosed him with the lung cancer that eventually killed him, as trial opened Tuesday against the country's two largest cigarette makers. Wallace v. Philip Morris, 2014-CA-052862.
Meghan Gourley
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Tobacco Companies Exploited Stressed Smokers, Attorney Says as Trial Over Fatal Lung Cancer Begins
Posted by Meghan Gourley on Sep 29, 2016 4:18:11 PM
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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Wallace v. Philip Morris
$3M Verdict Slaps R.J. Reynolds in Trial Over Ex-Corrections Officer's Emphysema, Death
Posted by Meghan Gourley on Sep 26, 2016 1:56:48 PM
Daytona Beach, FL—Jurors Friday awarded $3 million to the widow of a former correctional officer for the role they found R.J. Reynolds played in his emphysema and death, but they declined to find punitive damages were warranted against the tobacco giant. Smith v. R.J. Reynolds, 2015 30548 CICI.
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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Smith v. R.J. Reynolds
Sides Face Off Over Fault for Smoker's Fatal Lung Disease as Trial Starts Against RJR
Posted by Meghan Gourley on Sep 19, 2016 3:59:52 PM
Jacksonville, FL—Attorneys battled Thursday over responsibility for the respiratory disease that killed a Florida man who allegedly smoked up to three packs of cigarettes a day for more than 30 years, as trial opened Thursday against R.J. Reynolds. Prentice v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-000386.
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Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Prentice v. R.J. Reynolds
Suit Over Chain-Smoking Corrections Officer's COPD Time Barred, R.J. Reynolds Argues
Posted by Meghan Gourley on Sep 16, 2016 4:56:50 PM
Daytona Beach, FL—A widow's suit over the respiratory disease and death of her husband, a 2-pack-a-day smoker for nearly half a century, is time barred, lawyers for R.J. Reynolds claimed Thursday as trial opened against the tobacco giant. Smith v. R.J. Reynolds, 2015 30548 CICI.
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Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Smith v. R.J. Reynolds
Shopping Center Ramp's Paint Job Caused Traumatic Brain Injury, Attorney Says as Multi-Million-Dollar Slip-and-Fall Trial Opens
Posted by Meghan Gourley on Sep 15, 2016 11:06:15 AM
Palm Beach, FL—A South Florida retail property owner's paint job on an access ramp led to a woman's traumatic brain and spinal injuries, an attorney representing the woman argued as trial opened Wednesday against the property owner and painting contractor. Sumner v. Lantana Palm Beach Retail, et al., 2010CA11199.
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Topics: Premises Liability, Florida, Traumatic Brain Injury, Retail, Sumner v. Lantana Palm Beach Retail
