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$18.5M Award to Deceased Smoker's Adult Child Tossed Out as Excessive

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 2, 2016 4:49:43 PM

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West Palm Beach, FL—A Florida appellate court this week threw out an $18.5 million award to the adult daughter of a long-time smoker who died from lung cancer, after finding the award against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds was excessive.

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, odom v. r.j. reynolds

Hospital Negligence Paralyzed Car Crash Victim, Attorney Says as Med Mal Trial Begins

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 30, 2016 12:22:46 PM

Bruce Ramsey, left, and Gregg Hollander, right, deliver opening statements at trial against Boca Raton Regional Hospital over the paralysis Kathleen Silkworth, represented by Hollander, claims was caused by medical negligence.


West Palm Beach, FL—Attorneys sparred over whether a car accident or medical negligence paralyzed a South Florida woman, as trial opened Monday against the hospital that treated her following her late-night crash. Silkworth v. Boca Raton Regional Hospital, 2013CA013276.

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Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Florida, Silkworth v. Boca Raton Regional Hospital

$6M+ Award to Smoker's Widower After $650K Punitive Verdict Against Tobacco Cos.

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Nov 21, 2016 6:08:07 PM

Fort Lauderdale, FL—Jurors Friday awarded $650,000 in punitive damages on top of a nearly $5.5 million compensatory judgment earlier in the week to the widower of a woman with a half-century smoking habit that left her with coronary heart disease and lung cancer.  Martin v. Philip Morris, et al., 2007-CV-036440. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Martin v. Philip Morris

$1M Verdict for Smoker with Late-Stage Emphysema in Trial Against RJR

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Nov 18, 2016 3:36:58 PM

West Palm Beach, FL—A Florida jury awarded more than $1 million to a woman with late-stage emphysema from a 40-year smoking habit at trial against the tobacco company accused of hiding the dangers of smoking while selling her cigarettes for decades. Ford v. R.J. Reynolds, 2016-CA-002230. 

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Topics: Negligence, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, ford v. r.j. reynolds

Philip Morris & RJR Hit with $5.5M Judgment, Plus Possible Punitives, at Trial Over New York Native's Fatal Cancer

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Nov 17, 2016 1:04:07 PM


Fort Lauderdale, FL—Jurors found R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris liable in the lung cancer death of a New York native, slapping the tobacco giants with nearly $5.5 million in compensatory damages and finding punitives potentially warranted for conspiring to hide the dangers of their cigarettes for decades.  Martin v. Philip Morris, et al., 2007-CV-036440. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Martin v. Philip Morris