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CVN BigLaw Spotlight: Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP

Posted by David Siegel on Dec 21, 2020 9:30:28 PM

Courtroom View Network webcasts civil jury trials with a lot on the line, be it a bellwether test case in a new mass tort or a standalone personal injury case potentially worth millions. That means the corporations defending these lawsuits routinely bring in the best trial attorneys from the nation’s top powerhouse defense firms.

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Topics: tobacco, engle, CVN Florida

Update: $9.1M Verdict, Including $3M in Punitives, Hits Tobacco Cos. for Smoker's Death

Posted by Courtroom View Network on Sep 22, 2016 9:42:52 PM

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds

Attorneys Debate Philip Morris' Potential Link to Cuban Immigrant's Lung Cancer, as Trial Opens

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Sep 13, 2016 7:17:11 PM

Miami, FL—Attorneys Monday battled over whether choice or addiction drove a Cuban immigrant to smoke as many as 4 packs of cigarettes a day for 45 years, as trial over his lung cancer opened against the country's biggest cigarette maker. Chacon v. Philip Morris, 08-102-CA-09.

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Chacon v. Philip Morris

Tobacco Industry Deceit Caused Cigarette Seller's Cancer, Attorney Says as Trial Opens Against Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 9, 2016 5:41:53 PM

Scott Schlesinger delivers his opening statement at trial in Marilyn Oshinsky-Blacker's claims that the nation's two largest tobacco companies are responsible for her husband, Dennis Oshinsky's, cancer and death.


Fort Lauderdale, FL—Attorneys debated what drove a Florida merchant who spent much of his career selling cigarettes to smoke himself, as trial over his lung cancer opened this week against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies. Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2008-CV-025841.

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds

Jury Finds Ex-Train Worker's $15M COPD Claim Against R.J. Reynolds Time Barred

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 7, 2016 8:26:38 PM

Jeffrey Furr delivers closing arguments for R.J. Reynolds at trial over the emphysema John Hackimer claims the cigarette maker caused. 


West Palm Beach, FL—R.J. Reynolds prevailed Tuesday against a $15 million suit by a former train engineer after jurors found his claim untimely. Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-010849. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds