Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 20, 2023 12:02:04 PM
Miami, FL— A Florida state court jury Friday cleared the nation’s two largest cigarette makers of responsibility for the cancer death of a Florida woman who smoked for more than a quarter-century. Marsh v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., 2012-CA-026323.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Marsh v. Philip Morris
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 1, 2023 4:10:00 PM
Miami, FL— Jurors last week awarded $6 million to the family of a Florida woman after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for her respiratory disease-related death. Dubins v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-001470.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Dubins v. R.J. Reynolds, Dubins v. Philip Morris, et al.
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 31, 2022 2:21:00 PM
Quincy, FL— The nation’s two largest cigarette makers prevailed last week at trial over the cancer death of a Florida reverend who had smoked for decades. Anderson v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2020-CA-000757.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Anderson v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 23, 2022 3:48:49 PM
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.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Levine (Hoffner) v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 14, 2022 4:21:52 PM
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.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Mendez v. Philip Morris
