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|VIDEO| CVN Tobacco's Top of '20 (So Far): These Attorneys Keyed a $26M+ Award in Cancer Case Retrial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 1, 2020 2:21:35 PM

Gary Paige delivers closings that set up the biggest Engle tobacco verdict of the first quarter of 2020. See below for video featuring James Gustafson.


Court closures have paused Florida’s decade-plus-long, Engle-progeny tobacco litigation. However, before courts shut down, the first three months of 2020 had already produced a slate of headline-grabbing verdicts in the cases, spun from a massive class action suit against the nation’s tobacco companies. CVN looks at the top verdicts we’ve covered so far this year.

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Duignan v. RJ Reynolds

$26.75M Award in Retrial Over Smoker's Death More Than Doubles Original Trial Verdict

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 18, 2020 4:27:29 PM

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St. Petersburg, FL— A Florida state court jury awarded $26.75 million to the family of a Florida smoker after finding the nation’s two largest tobacco companies responsible for his cancer death. Duignan v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 13-010978-CI. 

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Duignan v. RJ Reynolds

$12M Award Strikes Tobacco Companies in Trial Over 42-Year-Old Smoker's Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 12, 2015 2:45:18 AM

Gary Paige delivers closing arguments in Duignan v. R.J. Reynolds. Watch the trial. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Duignan v. RJ Reynolds