Subscribe-to-CVN-Blog-Graphic-small.png

Jury Hands Down $1.5M Verdict in COPD Trial Against RJR, Finds Smoker Largely at Fault

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 21, 2022 1:22:30 PM

Stock image. 


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.

Read More

Topics: Hancock v. Philip Morris, et al.

Trial Begins Against RJR Over Florida Man's COPD Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 8, 2022 3:55:10 PM

Stock image. 


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.

Read More

Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Hancock v. Philip Morris, et al.