Engle Progeny tobacco liability wrongful death jury trial in Broward County Circuit Court's complex litigation division. Shirley Barbanell died after smoking two packs of cigarettes per day for 50 years. Barbanell allegedly attempted to quit smok...
This Engle-progeny tobacco case involves a life-long smoker who allegedly started smoking when he was 12 years old. He died of lung cancer and esophageal cancer. The plaintiff claimed that the smoker was addicted to cigarettes that contained nic... View Proceeding
Plaintiff Melba Sherman's husband, John Sherman, died of lung cancer in 1996, after smoking 3-4 packs of Lucky Strike and Winston cigarettes for over 50 years. According to the defense, Sherman enjoyed smoking, chose to smoke, knew the risks, and... View Proceeding
Spyros Kalyvas was a baker (pastry chef) who died of lung cancer at age 42. The defense argued that Kalyvas embraced risky behaviors that he enjoyed, and Kalyvas actually stopped smoking for a while during a hospitalization, then started again, an...
Plaintiff's appeal of district court's granting defendant's motion to dismiss in asbestos/mesothelioma suit brought by family of deceased worker at Puget Sound Shipyard. View Proceeding
Suit alleging that various pharmaceutical companies failed to disclose the potential side effects of Fen Phen, a popular diet medication, which included primary hypertension and valve disease. View Proceeding
The Ferlanti case was a 10-day jury trial for a plaintiff who died at age 81 of lung cancer after suffering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a result of cigarette smoking for over 55 years. The jury awarded the plaintiff $700,000 a... View Proceeding
Stuart Hess's widow Elaine Hess sued cigarette maker Philip Morris, claiming that her husband could not stop smoking because he was addicted to nicotine. Mr. Hess died of lung cancer at age 55, in 1997.Hess v. RJR Reynolds was the first of the "E... View Proceeding
The plaintiffs were Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who allegedly were exposed to dangerous levels of the pesticide 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane ("DBCP") by dermal contact, inhalation, and by drinking water contaminated with DBCP. As a result... View Proceeding