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Tobacco Industry Deceit Caused Cigarette Seller's Cancer, Attorney Says as Trial Opens Against Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 9, 2016 5:41:53 PM

Scott Schlesinger delivers his opening statement at trial in Marilyn Oshinsky-Blacker's claims that the nation's two largest tobacco companies are responsible for her husband, Dennis Oshinsky's, cancer and death.


Fort Lauderdale, FL—Attorneys debated what drove a Florida merchant who spent much of his career selling cigarettes to smoke himself, as trial over his lung cancer opened this week against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies. Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2008-CV-025841.

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds

|Video Vault| Richard Womble's Closing that Cleared Waste Company at Trial Over Catastrophic Truck Crash

Posted by Teresa Lo on Sep 9, 2016 2:49:03 PM

In the face of a catastrophically injured accident victim, persuading a jury of the victim's negligence may be one of a defense attorney's toughest tasks. In the closings of a $12 million trial over a 15-ton trash truck's wreck with a bicyclist, Richard Womble lays out a powerful case to clear his client. Truong v. Waste Services of Florida, Inc., 2013-CA-00353.

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Topics: Florida, Trucking, Truong v. Waste Services of Florida

Trial Over Cobb County Crash that Led to Driver's Spinal Fusion Set to Begin Monday

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 8, 2016 1:11:28 PM

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Marietta, GA—Jury selection is set to begin Monday at trial over a Cobb County crash that allegedly left a driver with a fused spine and a six-figure medical bill. Reboulet v. Schlosberg, 14A-3421-3.

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Topics: Negligence, Vehicle Collision, Georgia, Reboulet v. Schlosberg

Jury Finds Ex-Train Worker's $15M COPD Claim Against R.J. Reynolds Time Barred

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 7, 2016 8:26:38 PM

Jeffrey Furr delivers closing arguments for R.J. Reynolds at trial over the emphysema John Hackimer claims the cigarette maker caused. 


West Palm Beach, FL—R.J. Reynolds prevailed Tuesday against a $15 million suit by a former train engineer after jurors found his claim untimely. Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-010849. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds

"No Doubt:" In Trial Against RJR, Dr. Says Train Engineer's Smoking, Not Job, Caused COPD

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Sep 2, 2016 3:30:04 PM

 

West Palm Beach, FL—A Harvard pulmonologist testified this week he has "no doubt in his mind" that a former railroad worker who was a 3-pack-a-day smoker now suffers from emphysema because of his 30-year smoking history, rather than exposure to locomotive fumes, as trial continued in the worker's suit against R.J. Reynolds. Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-010849. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds