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$6M+ Award to Smoker's Widower After $650K Punitive Verdict Against Tobacco Cos.

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Nov 21, 2016 6:08:07 PM

Fort Lauderdale, FL—Jurors Friday awarded $650,000 in punitive damages on top of a nearly $5.5 million compensatory judgment earlier in the week to the widower of a woman with a half-century smoking habit that left her with coronary heart disease and lung cancer.  Martin v. Philip Morris, et al., 2007-CV-036440. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Martin v. Philip Morris

$40M Award In First Jeep Fuel Tank Fire Trial Upheld On Appeal

Posted by David Siegel on Nov 21, 2016 9:35:48 AM

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Topics: Georgia, automotive, product liability

$1M Verdict for Smoker with Late-Stage Emphysema in Trial Against RJR

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Nov 18, 2016 3:36:58 PM

West Palm Beach, FL—A Florida jury awarded more than $1 million to a woman with late-stage emphysema from a 40-year smoking habit at trial against the tobacco company accused of hiding the dangers of smoking while selling her cigarettes for decades. Ford v. R.J. Reynolds, 2016-CA-002230. 

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Topics: Negligence, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, ford v. r.j. reynolds

Philip Morris & RJR Hit with $5.5M Judgment, Plus Possible Punitives, at Trial Over New York Native's Fatal Cancer

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Nov 17, 2016 1:04:07 PM


Fort Lauderdale, FL—Jurors found R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris liable in the lung cancer death of a New York native, slapping the tobacco giants with nearly $5.5 million in compensatory damages and finding punitives potentially warranted for conspiring to hide the dangers of their cigarettes for decades.  Martin v. Philip Morris, et al., 2007-CV-036440. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Martin v. Philip Morris

Appeals Court Scuttles Rare $8M Asbestos Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds, Crane Co.

Posted by David Siegel on Nov 17, 2016 11:11:12 AM

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Topics: Asbestos, tobacco, Florida