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$12M Award Strikes Tobacco Companies in Trial Over 42-Year-Old Smoker's Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 12, 2015, 2:45:18 AM

Gary Paige delivers closing arguments in Duignan v. R.J. Reynolds. Watch the trial. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Duignan v. RJ Reynolds

Update: $34.7M Verdict, Including $20M in Punitives, Hits RJ Reynolds in Tobacco Suit by Veteran's Family

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 11, 2015, 1:55:00 AM

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, O'Hara v. R.J. Reynolds

Jurors Level $4.5M Verdict Against Tobacco Companies for Ex-Smoker's 20-Year Cancer Battle 

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 9, 2015, 12:22:06 AM

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Cooper v. R.J. Reynolds

Terminally Ill Man Settles $2M+ Asbestos Suit Against Plumbing Co. After Trial Begins

Posted by David Siegel on Sep 8, 2015, 8:09:12 PM

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Asbestos, California

R.J. Reynolds Nicked with $750K Verdict in Widower's Suit Over Fatal Lung Cancer

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 1, 2015, 11:51:00 PM

Stephanie Parker tells jurors that Rosemary Lewis was warned repeatedly about the dangers of cigarettes. Jurors Tuesday awarded Lewis' widower, James Lewis, $750,000 in his suit against R.J. Reynolds for the role the company's cigarettes played in her lung cancer. Watch Parker's closing argument.

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Lewis v. R.J. Reynolds