MIAMI, FL - A jury has determined Lorillard Tobacco Company (NYSE: LO) must pay a deceased smoker's widow $20 million and possibly millions more in punitive damages at an ongoing civil trial in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court.
Lorillard To Pay Smoker's Widow $20 Million In Damages
Posted by David Siegel on Mar 1, 2012 6:35:09 PM
Topics: Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
Merck To Face Second Fosamax Trial in State Court
Posted by Courtroom View Network on Feb 22, 2012 2:41:51 PM
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Opening statements are scheduled for March 1st in the second lawsuit to go to trial in state court involving the widely-prescribed drug Fosamax.
Topics: Pharmaceutical, In re: Fosamax
Here at Courtroom View Network we spend all day watching video of real trials in real courtrooms across the country. For a quick break, here are our Top 10 favorite fictional (or re-enacted) courtroom scenes, some of them more realistic than others…
Topics: Top 10
In Dade County Courthouse’s first Engle progeny trial of the year, jurors heard opening statements in the Larkin v. RJ Reynolds trial in front of Judge Valerie Manno-Schurr. By the end of the first day, a theme developed in the courtroom around the nature of choices, made both by individuals who smoke cigarettes, and the companies that manufacture them.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Engle Progeny, Larkin v. RJR, Tobacco Litigation
RJ Reynolds And Phillip Morris To Pay $2.5 Million In Damages
Posted by msch on Jan 27, 2012 5:26:00 PM
SEBRING, FL - The first major tobacco lawsuit of 2012 ended yesterday with RJ Reynolds (NYSE: RAI) and Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) being ordered to pay a combined $2.5 million in damages to a deceased smoker's surviving husband.
Topics: Verdict, Hallgren v. RJR, Tobacco Litigation, CVN


