R.J. Reynolds Beats $10M Claim Over Unfiltered Cigarette Smoker's Lung Cancer Death
Mar 9, 2016
Jurors Tuesday absolved R.J. Reynolds of liability for the cancer death of a Florida heavy equipment operator who smoked unfiltered cigarettes for decades.
Mar 3, 2016
Jurors Wednesday awarded $350,000 to the widow of an alcohol abuse counselor who developed cancer after 40 years of smoking, but rejected the case's wrongful death claim and cleared cigarette maker Philip Morris of the lion’s share of liability.
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Feb 25, 2016
IN this tobacco litigation proceeding, Jessie Gamble claims R.J. Reynolds is liable for the smoking-related disease of Donald Gamble.
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Feb 24, 2016
A jury Monday concluded a Florida woman did not have cancer or respiratory disease within the time required for membership in a class action against the nation’s tobacco companies, clearing Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds of liability in her suit.
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BREAKING: Cigarette Makers Hit for $9M, Plus Punitives TBD, in Widow's Suit Over Ex-Smoker's Deadly Cancer
Feb 11, 2016
Attorneys Wednesday debated what drove a Florida man to smoke for more than 30 years, as jurors prepare to decide whether the nation’s two largest tobacco companies are responsible for his cancer death.
Feb 11, 2016
A pulmonologist told jurors Friday he was certain a Florida smoker had lung cancer withing the time frame allowed to bring her claim against two tobacco companies, and which closed more than a year before doctors diagnosed her with the disease.
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Feb 3, 2016
In this tobacco litigation trial, plaintiffs claim defendant R.J. Reynolds concealed the hazards of cigarettes, leading to a smoking-related disease.
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Feb 3, 2016
A Missouri state court jury on Tuesday handed a major victory to Boston Scientific and C.R. Bard, finding that two of the companies' pelvic mesh implants are not defective and did not cause injuries to a retired nurse.
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Jurors Award $240K, Find Smoker 98% Responsible for COPD in Trial Against Tobacco Giants
Jan 30, 2016
A jury Thursday largely cleared the nation’s two largest cigarette manufacturers of responsibility for the respiratory disease and death of a decades-long smoker, awarding $240,000 in unreduced damages but finding the smoker 98% at fault.
Jan 28, 2016
Jurors Tuesday found tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds not liable for the fatal lung cancer that killed a Florida man who smoked for more than 40 years.
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Jan 25, 2016
In this tobacco litigation trial, Ina Ahrens claims Philip Morris concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to the smoking-related disease of Karl Ahrens.
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Jan 21, 2016
Attorneys drew battle lines over the reasons behind a long-time smoker’s respiratory disease as trial opened last week in a suit by his widow against the makers of the cigarettes her husband smoked.
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