Hunt v. R.J. Reynolds
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...
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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Nov 19, 2021
Jurors Wednesday cleared the nation’s two largest cigarette makers of responsibility for a Massachusetts man’s throat cancer death after decades of smoking.
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Oct 29, 2021
Attorneys Tuesday debated what role, if any, decades of smoking played in a Massachusetts man’s throat cancer death, as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris.
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Babaletos v. Philip Morris, et al.
Oct 26, 2021
In this tobacco case, plaintiff seeks damages for disease she claims was caused by cigarettes.
Sep 9, 2021
In this tobacco case, plaintiff is seeking damages for disease she claims is caused by defendant's manufacturer's cigarettes.
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Apr 27, 2021
A Massachusetts state court jury awarded $9.5 million in damages on Friday to the two adult children of a woman struck and killed by a truck while walking her dog in 2017.
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Apr 21, 2021
4-5 day jury trial in Hamden County Superior Court (MA) stemming from a pedestrian struck and killed by a vehicle in a crosswalk. PLEASE NOTE: Audio and video of opening statements is of poor quality due to technical difficulties on the first day ...
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Jury Sides With Philip Morris & RJR at Trial Over Massachusetts Man's Lung Cancer Death
Dec 20, 2019
Jurors Friday cleared the nation’s two largest tobacco companies of fault in the cancer death of a Massachusetts man.
Dec 6, 2019
Attorneys Monday argued over what, if any, role cigarette design and tobacco industry marketing played in the death of a Massachusetts man, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
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Dec 2, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant manufactured a dangerous addictive product that caused smoking-related disease.
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Nov 22, 2019
KPMG will not have to pay any damages in a college’s malpractice lawsuit alleging the firm should have detected fraud in the school’s financial aid office, after a Massachusetts state court jury on Tuesday found the accounting giant only 15 percen...
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