MIAMI, FL - A jury has determined Lorillard Tobacco Company (NYSE: LO) must pay a deceased smoker's widow $20 million and possibly millions more in punitive damages at an ongoing civil trial in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court.
In Dade County Courthouse’s first Engle progeny trial of the year, jurors heard opening statements in the Larkin v. RJ Reynolds trial in front of Judge Valerie Manno-Schurr. By the end of the first day, a theme developed in the courtroom around the nature of choices, made both by individuals who smoke cigarettes, and the companies that manufacture them.
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Topics: Toxic Torts, Engle Progeny, Larkin v. RJR, Tobacco Litigation
SEBRING, FL - The first major tobacco lawsuit of 2012 ended yesterday with RJ Reynolds (NYSE: RAI) and Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) being ordered to pay a combined $2.5 million in damages to a deceased smoker's surviving husband.
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Topics: Verdict, Hallgren v. RJR, Tobacco Litigation, CVN
Sury v. R.J. Reynolds (Jacksonville, Florida)
A jury reached a $1 million verdict Monday morning in the Sury v. RJ Reynolds Engle Tobacco trial. Specifically they found the plaintiff, William Sury, 60% at fault with the remaining fault split between RJ Reynolds and Lorillard evenly, each with 20%. There were no punitive damages awarded.
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Topics: Sury v. RJR, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
West Virginia Tobacco Litigation (Wheeling, West Virginia)
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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Tobacco Litigation, WV Tobacco
