DeLand, FL—Jurors this week awarded $13.5 million to the family of a Florida smoker after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for his respiratory disease-related death. Brown v. R.J. Reynolds, 2017 30003 CI.
Jury Slaps R.J. Reynolds With $13.5M Total for Role in Smoker's Fatal Respiratory Disease
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 23, 2018 5:01:55 PM
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Brown v. R.J. Reynolds
Vanderbilt Settles Potentially $11.5M Talc Mesothelioma Lawsuit During Jury Deliberations
Posted by David Siegel on Mar 18, 2018 2:13:50 AM
Topics: Florida
Philip Morris Hit with $4M Compensatory Award, But Avoids Punitives, for Building Contractor's Cancer Death
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 16, 2018 3:54:40 PM
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Gainesville, FL—Philip Morris was hit with a $4 million verdict this week for the role the company’s cigarettes played in a Florida contractor’s lung cancer death. But the tobacco giant ultimately avoided punitive liability, despite an earlier jury finding putting punitives in play. Freeman v. Philip Morris, 2015-CA-003930.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Freeman v. Philip Morris USA
Retrial Begins in Case Against Philip Morris Over Whether Smoking Addiction Caused Contractor's Cancer
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 12, 2018 10:14:54 AM
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Gainesville, FL—Attorneys last week argued over the role Philip Morris cigarettes and nicotine addiction played in the death of a 54-year-old Florida building contractor, as retrial against the tobacco giant opened nine months after jurors deadlocked in the case’s first bow. Freeman v. Philip Morris, 2015CA003930.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Freeman v. Philip Morris USA
RJR & Philip Morris Cleared of Punitive Liability for Smoker's Death, 5 Years After Compensatory Award
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 5, 2018 10:53:55 AM
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Starr-Blundell v. R.J. Reynolds et al.