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Topics: Products Liability, Traumatic Brain Injury, automotive, California
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West Palm Beach, FL— Jurors Monday handed down a $2 million punitive verdict against R.J. Reynolds for the role they found the tobacco giant played in a long-time smoker’s respiratory disease, wrapping a $2.54 million total award in the in-person trial. Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds, 2007-CA-023631.
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Topics: tobacco, Florida, Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds
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West Palm Beach, FL— Jurors Thursday awarded more than $540,000 to the family of a Florida man whose respiratory disease they found was caused by smoking R.J. Reynolds cigarettes, and they concluded punitive damages were potentially warranted against the tobacco giant for its part in causing the disease. Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds, 2007-CA-023631.
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Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds, Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Washington
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Atlanta, GA— The Georgia Court of Appeals last week upheld the denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a medical malpractice claim, in a decision that clarifies the reach of healthcare arbitration clauses.
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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, healthcare
