Piendle v. RJ Reynolds, the first Engle-progeny tobacco trial to be held in Palm Beach, Florida pits Searcy Denney's Greg Barnhart, representing Charlie Piendle's widow, Margaret Piendle, against Jones Day's Peter Biersteker, on behalf of RJ Reynolds, and Shook Hardy Bacon's Frank Kelly, on behalf of Philip Morris. CVN is webcasting live, gavel-to-gavel.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, Piendle v. RJ Reynolds
The Warrick v. RJ Reynolds tobacco trial is being webcast live by CVN.
Eveline Warrick started smoking at age 13 in 1949. She later suffered chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and eventually died of lung cancer.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Warrick v. RJ Reynolds, Tobacco Litigation
Piendle v. RJ Reynolds, the first Engle-progeny tobacco trial to be tried in Palm Beach, Florida, before Hon. Robin Rosenberg, is scheduled to begin Wednesday. CVN will webcast the Piendle trial gavel-to-gavel.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, Piendle v. RJ Reynolds
The jury in Tate v. RJ Reynolds found that Ellen Tate's addiction to Philip Morris cigarettes was the legal cause of her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, or emphysema) and awarded $8M in compensatory damages and $16.2M in punitive damages. The jury assigned 64% fault to Philip Morris, and 36% fault to Tate.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, Tate v. Reynolds
Engle-progeny tobacco trial Tate v. RJ Reynolds will be completed tomorrow when the attorneys give their closing arguments, to be webcast live by CVN.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, Tate v. Reynolds
