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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.

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.