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Fort Myers, FL— A $750,000 verdict jurors handed down against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies for the respiratory disease a long-time smoker developed will likely take a cut after the jury apportioned the lion’s share of responsibility to the smoker herself. Boulter v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2008-CA-000627.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Boulter v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris
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Topics: tobacco, Florida, Capone v. Philip Morris
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West Palm Beach, FL—Financier Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday settled a nearly decade-long state court defamation suit against him, moments before jury selection in a trial expected to include testimony from multiple women who contend he sexually abused them when they were children. Edwards v. Epstein, et al., 2009-CA-040800.
Topics: Florida
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Tampa, FL— Attorneys Thursday debated whether R.J. Reynolds was responsible for the death of a Florida mother of 9, as trial opened against the tobacco giant. Ellis v. R.J. Reynolds, 10-A-016308.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Ellis v. R.J. Reynolds
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Miami—Jurors awarded $7.25 million to a Florida man for the heart disease it found was caused by a decades-long addiction to R.J. Reynolds cigarettes. Rouse v. R.J. Reynolds, 2017-CA-017202.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Rouse v. R.J. Reynolds
