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Miami, FL— A Florida jury levied a $1 million total verdict last week against Philip Morris for the role it found the cigarette maker played in the lung cancer death of a longtime Marlboro smoker. Chacon v. Philip Morris, 2008-CA-000102.
Topics: tobacco, Florida, Chacon v. Philip Morris
Demonstratives can be crucial to helping jurors understand the gravity of the incident at the heart of a case. And in the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, noted trial presentation expert Shane Read details how Steve Vartazarian’s use of a surprising demonstrative helped seal an eight-figure verdict for a pedestrian who was struck in a crosswalk.
Topics: Trial Technique Spotlight
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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.
