From left, Gary Paige, Jason Keehfus, and William Geraghty deliver openings at trial against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris over the cancer death of a Massachusetts smoker.Watch the trial. 

Springfield, MA— Attorneys last week sparred over who was responsible for the cancer death of a Massachusetts man who had smoked for decades, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies and a convenience store chain that sells the companies’ cigarettes. Perez-Trinidad v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2179-CV-00365.