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Fort Lauderdale, FL— Jurors Monday handed down a $132,000 verdict for the lung cancer death of a Florida woman who smoked for more than half a century, but they cleared one of the two tobacco company defendants at trial and apportioned the lion’s share of fault to the smoker herself. Neff v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2007-CV-036745.
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Fort Lauderdale, FL— Jurors Monday heard competing narratives surrounding what drove a Florida woman to smoke for decades, as trial over her cancer death opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies. Neff v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2007-CV-036745.
Topics: Neff v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, Neff v. Philip Morris
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Fort Lauderdale, FL— Jurors this week awarded $10 million to the family of a Florida smoker whose cancer death they linked to cigarettes and a tobacco industry scheme to hide their dangers. Neff v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2007-CV-036745.
Topics: Engle Progeny, Florida, Neff v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris
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Fort Lauderdale, FL—Attorneys Thursday debated the role tobacco marketing and nicotine addiction played in the death of a 71-year-old woman who smoked for more than half a century, as trial opened against the country’s two largest cigarette makers. Neff v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2007-CV-036745.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Neff v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris
