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Gainesville, FL—Attorneys last week argued over the role Philip Morris cigarettes and nicotine addiction played in the death of a 54-year-old Florida building contractor, as retrial against the tobacco giant opened nine months after jurors deadlocked in the case’s first bow. Freeman v. Philip Morris, 2015CA003930.
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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Freeman v. Philip Morris USA
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Atlanta—The Georgia Supreme Court this week threw out a nearly $22 million verdict for the family of a woman who suffered fatal brain damage after the high court found the case’s jury instructions faulty.
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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Sterling Brown v. Southeastern Pain Specialists
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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Starr-Blundell v. R.J. Reynolds et al.
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Key West, FL—A state court jury Thursday found R.J. Reynolds cigarettes caused the lung cancer that killed a Florida smoker, but cleared Reynolds of financial liability in the case. Mobley v. R.J. Reynolds, 2007-CA-001709.
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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Mobley v. R.J. Reynolds
