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Multi-Billion Dollar Class Action Trial Over Oregon’s ‘Labor Day Fire’ Begins, Watch Online via CVN

Posted by David Siegel on Apr 26, 2023 10:43:52 AM

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Topics: Oregon

Class Action Trial Over Oregon’s ‘Labor Day Fires’ Begins Monday, Watch Gavel-to-Gavel via CVN

Posted by David Siegel on Apr 21, 2023 10:24:44 AM

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Topics: Oregon

Oregon Jury Awards $1.6M Verdict Against RJR for Smoker's Fatal Lung Cancer, but Finds Smoker 50% Responsible

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jul 1, 2022 12:43:52 PM

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Portland, OR— An Oregon jury handed down a $1.6 million verdict this week against R.J. Reynolds, after finding the tobacco company responsible for a long-time smoker’s death. Thorpe v. R.J. Reynolds, 18CV36607.

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Topics: tobacco, Oregon, Thorpe v. R.J. Reynolds

BREAKING: RJR Prevails in In-Person Trial Over Oregon Woman's Cancer

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 19, 2021 7:30:38 PM

Alex Alvarez, left, and Steven Geise, right, deliver their closing arguments at trial against R.J. Reynolds over the lung cancer an Oregon woman developed after decades of smoking Camel-brand cigarettes.


Portland, OR— Jurors Friday afternoon cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the terminal lung cancer an Oregon woman developed after decades of smoking the company's cigarettes, concluding what is likely the first in-person, state court tobacco trial in nearly a year. Rickman v. R.J. Reynolds, 19CV28636. 

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Topics: tobacco, Oregon