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Topics: Transportation, California, Andrade v. Norman S. Wright Climatec
Miami, FL— Jurors this week awarded $1.3 million to the family of a Florida man for the role cigarettes played in his coronary artery disease. But they ultimately declined to award punitive damages in an unusual verdict that touched on questions concerning when punitive liability is triggered in suits stemming from a decertified class action against the nation’s tobacco companies. Levine (Hoffner) v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2016-CA-029336.
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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Levine (Hoffner) v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
Woburn, MA— Jurors yesterday handed down a $1 billion verdict against Philip Morris for the role they found the tobacco giant played in the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman. Fontaine v. Philip Morris, 2081CV00169.
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Topics: Fontaine v. Philip Morris
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Miami, FL— Attorneys Monday debated whether defective cigarette design caused the lung cancer death of a Florida woman, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest cigarette makers. Mendez v. Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, 2018-CA-042377.
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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Mendez v. Philip Morris
