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Nov 19, 2015
Watch how James Ferraro urges jurors to make the logical leap needed to connect Georgia Pacific building materials to his client's mesothelioma.
Nov 18, 2015
Jurors this afternoon awarded $10 million, plus potential punitive damages, to the widow of a Florida smoker who claimed the country’s two largest cigarette manufacturers are responsible for her husband’s 47-year nicotine addiction and his fatal l...
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Nov 16, 2015
In this tobacco litigation, Cynthia claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes fueling her nicotine addiction and leading to her smoking-related illness.
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Nov 12, 2015
As trial entered its third week in a 94-year-old ex-smoker’s suit claiming the nation’s three largest cigarette makers are responsible for his cancer, heart and pulmonary disease, the link between potential nicotine addiction and illness took cent...
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Tognoli v. Philip Morris USA
Nov 6, 2015
In this Engle progeny tobacco suit, plaintiff Stephen Tognoli claims Philip Morris USA concealed the dangers of smoking, which led to Lynda Tognoli's nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness.
$325K in Punitives Against Philip Morris Doubles Verdict in Trial Over Mortician's Lung Cancer Death
Nov 6, 2015
Philip Morris was found liable for $325,000 in punitive damages Thursday for its role in the lung cancer death of a 42-year-old mortician who smoked the company's Marlboro cigarettes for most of his life.
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Nov 5, 2015
In this tobacco product liability suit, Phyllis Barbose claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking and fueled the addiction of John Barbose, leading to his smoking-related disease.
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Nov 5, 2015
In this tobacco liability case, Ann Cavalier claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, causing the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Thomas Cavalier.
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Jury Disregards Instructions, Awards $325K to Mortician's Family, Plus Punitives TBD, in Suit Against Philip Morris
Nov 5, 2015
Jurors Wednesday found Philip Morris responsible for the nicotine addiction and cancer death of a 42-year-old Florida mortician who smoked for more than 25 years. But, they failed to follow instructions to award more than $2.3 million in economic ...
Oct 30, 2015
The widow of a Florida mortician told jurors Thursday that her husband tried unsuccessfully to stop smoking for years, but succeeded only after he was diagnosed with the cancer that eventually killed him, as trial continued in her suit against cig...
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Oct 26, 2015
Jurors Monday cleared R.J. Reynolds of liability for the lung cancer death of a Florida plaster worker who smoked for more than five decades.
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Oct 23, 2015
In this Engle progeny tobacco case, plaintiff Robert Shulman claims defendants hid the dangers of smoking, which caused his nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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