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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