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MA Jury Awards $510K for Long-Time Smoker's Fatal Lung Cancer, Finds Tobacco Cos. Liable for Conspiracy

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 11, 2025 3:47:57 PM

Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum Bluestein's Randy Rosenblum delivers closings at trial against Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds over the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who had smoked for decades. Watch the trial. 


A Massachusetts jury handed down a $510,000 verdict for the role it found Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds played in the lung cancer death of a long-time smoker. Petruzziello v. Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, 2181-CV-00378.

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Topics: tobacco, Massachusetts, Petruzziello, et al. v. Philip Morris, et al.

NM Jury Finds Claim Against R.J. Reynolds Over Deadly Throat Cancer Is Time-Barred

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 3, 2025 4:06:26 PM

Jones Day's Jennifer Weizenecker delivers closing arguments for R.J. Reynolds at trial over the throat cancer that killed a New Mexico man who had smoked the company's cigarettes for decades. Jurors ultimately cleared the tobacco company of responsibility. Watch the trial. 


Santa Fe, NM— Jurors last week cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the fatal throat cancer a New Mexico man suffered after smoking the company’s cigarettes for decades. Perez v. R.J. Reynolds, D-101-CV-201902017.

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Topics: tobacco, New Mexico

Attorneys Debate Whether RJR, Philip Morris Cigarettes Are Defectively Designed, as Trial Opens Over Smoker's Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 15, 2025 2:33:35 PM


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. 

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Topics: tobacco, Massachusetts, Perez-Trinidad v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.

Trial Begins Against Philip Morris Over Massachusetts Marlboro Smoker's Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on May 29, 2025 2:32:31 PM

Woburn, MA— Attorneys debated responsibility for the death of a Massachusetts woman who smoked for decades, as trial opened Wednesday against Philip Morris. LaJeunesse v. Philip Morris, 2081-CV-01446. 

 

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Topics: tobacco, Massachusetts, LaJeunesse v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.

R.J. Reynolds Cleared in Tobacco Trial After Jury Finds COPD Claim Time-Barred

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 7, 2025 3:27:23 PM

Miami, FL— A Florida jury cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the alleged respiratory disease of a long-time Florida smoker, by concluding her family's claim against the tobacco giant was time-barred. Conaway v. R.J. Reynolds, 2010-CA-044753.

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Topics: tobacco, Florida, Conaway v. R.J. Reynolds