Massachusetts Trial Begins Against RJR Over Longtime 'Newport' Smoker's Death
Sep 22, 2023
Attorneys last week debated what drove a Massachusetts woman’s smoking decisions across more than half a century, as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds over her cancer death.
Sep 13, 2023
In this tobacco trial, decedent Rita Jones developed fatal lung cancer after smoking cigarettes for over 5 decades.Jones' family claims that Lorillard knew the dangers of smoking yet worked to hide them from the public. They allege that Jones was ...
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Feb 23, 2023
Jurors Friday levied a $5 million verdict against Philip Morris in finding the company and its Marlboro cigarettes responsible for the laryngeal cancer a Massachusetts man developed.
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Feb 9, 2023
Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds prevailed at trial last week over the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who smoked for more than 50 years.
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Woodley v. Philip Morris
Feb 7, 2023
In this tobacco trial, Calvin Woodley developed laryngeal cancer after smoking cigarettes for over five decades. Woodley claims that years of smoking Philip Morris' Marlboro brand cigarettes caused this cancer, and that Morris failed to warn him o...
Jan 11, 2023
Attorneys Monday debated who bore responsibility for the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who smoked for more than half a century, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
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Jan 9, 2023
In this tobacco trial, decedent Joanne Kinnally developed fatal lung cancer after smoking for over half a century. Joanne's husband, James Kinnally, claims R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris are responsible for producing the cigarettes that led to he...
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Aug 22, 2022
In this tobacco case, Barbara Fontaine developed fatal lung cancer after smoking cigarettes for more than four decades. Barbara's husband, Armand Fontaine, sues Philip Morris, claiming that their campaign to hide the dangers of smoking caused Barb...
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Jones v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
Jul 15, 2022
In this tobacco trial, decedent Rita Jones developed fatal lung cancer after smoking cigarettes for over 5 decades.Jones' family claims that Lorillard knew the dangers of smoking yet worked to hide them from the public. They allege that Jones was ...
Mar 10, 2022
Jurors previewed evidence surrounding what drove a Massachusetts woman's smoking decisions, as trial opened last week against R.J. Reynolds over her lung cancer death.
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Mar 2, 2022
In this tobacco trial, Mary Hunt developed fatal lung cancer after she smoked cigarettes since the early 1960s. Her family sues R.J. Reynolds, claiming that the company is responsible for Hunt's death after concealing the risks of smoking for year...
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Dec 2, 2021
November saw a full slate of big-ticket tobacco trials in courts across the country. Check out some of the top stories in CVN’s tobacco litigation coverage last month.
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