Laura Shamp delivers her opening statement at trial against Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds. Shamp's client, Abigail Dubinsky, claims tobacco industry concealment of smoking's dangers killed her husband, Paul.
Viera, FL—Attorneys debated the role smoking and decades of alleged fraud played in the death of a Florida man as trial began Monday against two tobacco industry giants. Dubinsky v. Philip Morris, 2014-CA-026783.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Dubinsky v. Philip Morris
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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.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, odom v. r.j. reynolds
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.
Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Florida, Silkworth v. Boca Raton Regional Hospital
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.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Martin v. Philip Morris
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.
Topics: Negligence, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, ford v. r.j. reynolds
