The most successful defenses often go beyond simply arguing broken links in a plaintiff’s case. Typically, they also persuasively raise an alternate causation theory in which the defendant is not liable. At trial over a long-time smoker’s death, Kathryn Lehman’s closing argument masterfully employs that strategy to help clear one of the nation’s largest tobacco companies of liability.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds
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West Palm Beach, FL— Jurors Thursday cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the cancer death of a 42-year-old Florida woman who had smoked for more than two decades. Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds, 2016CA008532.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds
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West Palm Beach, FL— Attorneys this week argued over whether R.J. Reynolds is responsible for the cancer death of a 42-year-old Florida smoker, as trial opened against the tobacco giant. Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds, 2016CA008532.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds
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West Palm Beach, FL—A 42-year-old Florida smoker likely died of lung cancer that spread to her brain, a cancer specialist testified Wednesday, despite scant remaining medical records surrounding her treatment, as trial over the woman’s death continued against R.J. Reynolds. Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds, 2016CA008532.
Topics: Engle Progeny, Florida, Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds
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West Palm Beach, FL—R.J. Reynolds and a tobacco industry scheme to hook young smokers to cigarettes played a central role in the cancer death of 42-year-old Florida woman, an attorney for the woman’s daughter told jurors Wednesday, as trial began against the tobacco giant.Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds, 2016CA008532.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds
