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Miami, FL—Attorneys debated what caused the massive stroke a Florida man suffered after decades of smoking, as trial opened Tuesday against Philip Morris. Olsen v. Philip Morris, 2007-CA-047124.
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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Olsen v. Philip Morris
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West Palm Beach, FL—Jurors Monday cleared a South Florida-based online nutrition company of responsibility for the catastrophic liver damage a Texas man suffered after taking the company’s green tea extract. McCants v. Vitacost.com, Inc., 2016-CA-004982.
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Topics: Products Liability, Florida, McCants v. Vitacost.com Inc.
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Miami, FL— A Florida state court jury Wednesday found a woman’s claim against R.J. Reynolds was time-barred, clearing the tobacco company of liability for the heart disease she claims was caused by the company’s cigarettes. Clark v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-000231.
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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Clark v. R.J. Reynolds
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Orlando, FL—R.J. Reynolds was hit with a $16 million punitive verdict Thursday for its role in the lung cancer death of a 53-year-old Florida woman who began smoking when she was a teenager. Coates v. R.J. Reynolds, 1997-CA-004541.
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Topics: tobacco, Florida, Coates v. R.J. Reynolds
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West Palm Beach, FL— Attorneys debated whether a South Florida-based nutrition company and the green tea extract it sold are responsible for the disease that cost a Texas man his liver, as trial opened against the company Wednesday. McCants v. Vitacost.com, Inc., 2016-CA-004982.
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Topics: Products Liability, Florida, McCants v. Vitacost.com Inc.
