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Boston, MA— Jurors Friday cleared the nation’s two largest tobacco companies of fault in the cancer death of a Massachusetts man. Main v. Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, 1684CV03883.
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Boston, MA— Attorneys Monday argued over what, if any, role cigarette design and tobacco industry marketing played in the death of a Massachusetts man, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies. Main v. Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, 1684CV03883.
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Miami, FL— A Florida state court judge Wednesday declared a mistrial in a case against Philip Morris after jurors were unable to reach a verdict on whether the company was responsible for a Florida man’s respiratory disease and death. Garcia v. Philip Morris, 2007-CA-045267.
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Miami, FL— R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris were hit with a $42.5 million total verdict in a retrial over the 1996 cancer death of a Florida smoker. Gloger v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2011-CA-23377.
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Fort Lauderdale, FL— In what is likely Florida's first wrongful death tobacco case brought by a same-sex surviving spouse to go to trial, jurors Thursday awarded $9.2 million in compensatory damages, and found punitives potentially warranted, for the role they found Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds played in a smoker’s death. Caprio v. Philip Morris, 2007-CV-036719.
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