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Boston, MA— Jurors Tuesday handed down a $200 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds at trial over the cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who had claimed that free, sample cigarettes started her on the road to more than 50 years of smoking and nicotine addiction. Jones v. R.J. Reynolds, 1684CV03277.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Massachusetts, Jones v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
Lawrenceville, GA— Jurors late last month awarded $300,000 to a medical student for knee injuries she suffered in a 2020 car crash. Grimes v. Nemeth, 21-C-07514-S6.
Topics: Grimes v. Nemeth
Topics: Missouri, Barbara Allegrezza, et al. v. Monsanto Co.
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Retrial opened last week in a claim against Philip Morris over the cancer death of a long-time Marlboro smoker, seven years after a defense verdict in the case, and five years after that verdict’s reversal. Chacon v. Philip Morris, 2008-CA-000102.
Topics: tobacco, Florida, Chacon v. Philip Morris
