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Boston, MA— Jurors Tuesday handed down a $200 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds at trial over the cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who had claimed that free, sample cigarettes started her on the road to more than 50 years of smoking and nicotine addiction. Jones v. R.J. Reynolds, 1684CV03277.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Massachusetts, Jones v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
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Honolulu, Hawaii— Attorneys Wednesday debated who bore responsibility for the lung cancer of a woman who smoked for more than 60 years, as a Hawaii state court trial opened against Philip Morris. Ricapor-Hall v. Philip Morris, 1CCV-21-0000334.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Ricapor-Hall v. Philip Morris
At the start of 2023 Courtroom View Network published its widely read annual lists of the most impressive plaintiff and defense verdicts in trials filmed the previous year by CVN’s cameras. Those 20 trials - a small fraction of the overall trials covered by CVN in 2022 - featured many of the country’s most formidable plaintiff and defense attorneys and included matters ranging from closely watched bellwethers to high-exposure cases in recurring areas of litigation like slip-and-falls and automotive negligence.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability
