$1.3M Verdict in Tobacco Trial That Raised Questions Over When Punitive Liability Is Triggered
Sep 23, 2022
Jurors this week awarded $1.3 million to the family of a Florida man for the role cigarettes played in his coronary artery disease. But they ultimately declined to award punitive damages in an unusual verdict that touched on questions concerning w...
Sep 22, 2022
In this Engle-progeny case, Omar Villanueva suffered from fatal lung cancer after smoking cigarettes for years. Villanueva immigrated to the United States from Cuba when he was 37, and died from cancer in 1994. Villanueva's family attributes this ...
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Sep 14, 2022
Attorneys Monday debated whether defective cigarette design caused the lung cancer death of a Florida woman, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest cigarette makers.
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Sep 12, 2022
In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff seeks to recover damages for smoking-related disease.
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Mendez v. Philip Morris
Sep 12, 2022
In this trial, Diana Scandella developed fatal lung cancer after smoking cigarettes since she was around 12 years old. Scandella's family sues Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, producers of the cigarettes Scandella smoked for decades, claiming that...
Sep 9, 2022
Jurors last week handed down a $6 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds for the role it found the tobacco giant played in the respiratory disease-related death of a Florida woman.
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Sep 6, 2022
In this Engle-progeny case, Charles Hoffner suffered coronary artery disease and required heart bypass surgery after decades of smoking. His daughter asserts that Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds are responsible for Hoffner's cigarette addiction, w...
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Aug 29, 2022
Jurors last week handed down an $850,000 verdict for the laryngeal cancer death of a long-time Florida smoker, but apportioned only 20% of responsibility to defendant Philip Morris, likely reducing the post-verdict award.
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Fontaine v. Philip Morris
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...
Aug 19, 2022
In this tobacco trial, Eunice Wlasiuk developed fatal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, after smoking for decades. Her family asserts that Wlasiuk was addicted to cigarettes, as she continued to smoke even after she was diagnosed wit...
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Aug 10, 2022
In this Engle-progeny case, John Tuttle developed fatal laryngeal cancer after smoking Philip Morris' Marlboro cigarettes for over a decade. Tuttle's family sues Philip Morris, contending that Morris intentionally hid the dangers of smoking from t...
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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 ...
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