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Doctors Prevail in Med Mal Trial Over Patient's Ectopic Pregnancy

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 15, 2019 2:08:50 PM

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Tampa, FL— Jurors Thursday evening cleared a trio of doctors at trial over an ectopic pregnancy that left a woman unable to naturally conceive. Santangelo-Santana v. Exodus Women’s Center, Inc., et al., 2015CA001646. 

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, healthcare, Santana v. Exodus Women's Health, et al.

Jury Hands Down $42.5M Total Verdict Against Philip Morris and RJR in Retrial Over Smoker's Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 13, 2019 9:03:26 PM

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Miami, FL— R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris were hit with a $42.5 million total verdict in a retrial over the 1996 cancer death of a Florida smoker. Gloger v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2011-CA-23377.

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Gloger v. R.J. Reynolds

Jury Awards $9.2M, Plus Punitives TBD, in Same-Sex Spouse's Wrongful Death Case Against Philip Morris and RJR

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 8, 2019 6:47:11 PM

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Fort Lauderdale, FL— In what is likely Florida's first wrongful death tobacco case brought by a same-sex surviving spouse to go to trial, jurors Thursday awarded $9.2 million in compensatory damages, and found punitives potentially warranted, for the role they found Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds played in a smoker’s death. Caprio v. Philip Morris, 2007-CV-036719. 

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Caprio v. Philip Morris

Retrial Underway in Wrongful Death Tobacco Case, Months After $17.5M Verdict Thrown Out on Appeal

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 1, 2019 9:27:33 PM

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Topics: tobacco, Florida, Gloger v. R.J. Reynolds

R.J. Reynolds Prevails at Trial Over Camel & Kool Smoker's Fatal Cancer

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 25, 2019 11:50:22 AM

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Stuart, FL— A Florida state court jury Thursday cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for a long-time smoker’s cancer death. Delancy v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-000067. 

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Delancy v. R.J. Reynolds