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Tampa, FL— Jurors last week handed down a $1.5 million verdict for a Florida smoker’s respiratory disease-related death, but apportioned less than half the responsibility for the fatal illness to defendant R.J. Reynolds. Hancock v. R.J. Reynolds, 2009-CA-018859.
Topics: Hancock v. Philip Morris, et al.
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Tampa, FL— Attorneys Wednesday debated why a Florida man continued to smoke for decades, including roughly a dozen years after he was diagnosed with respiratory disease, as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds over his death. Hancock v. R.J. Reynolds, 2009-CA-018859.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Hancock v. Philip Morris, et al.
