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Attorneys Face Off Over Conspiracy's Role in Smoker's Death, as Trial Starts Against Tobacco Giants

Stock image. Fort Lauderdale, FL—Attorneys Thursday debated the role tobacco marketing and nicotine addiction played in the death of a 71-year-old woman who smoked for more than half a century, as trial opened against the country’s two largest cigarette makers. … Continue reading

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$37M Award Slams Philip Morris & RJR at Trial Over Smoker's Cancer, COPD Death

Stock image.  Fort Lauderdale, FL—A Florida state court jury hit the nation’s two largest tobacco companies with a $37 million total damage award for the role it found the companies played in a woman’s death after losing a lung to cancer. … Continue reading

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Jury Awards $10M at Trial Against R.J. Reynolds Over Smoker's Stomach Cancer

Stock image.  Quincy, FL— R.J. Reynolds Tuesday was hit with a $10 million total damage award for the role jurors found it played in the cancer that cost a Florida smoker his stomach. Harris v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-000387 Read more … Continue reading

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|BREAKING UPDATE| $1M Verdict Handed Down Against RJR for Smoker's Fatal Lung Cancer

Stock image.  Updated 2/22 at 4:32 p.m. to reflect the verdict. West Palm Beach, FL—Jurors Friday awarded $1 million to the family of a Florida man who died of lung cancer they found was caused by R.J. Reynolds cigarettes and a … Continue reading

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Searcy Denney, King & Spalding Attys Debate Cause of Smoker's Death, as Trial Opens Against RJR

Stock image.  West Palm Beach, FL— R.J. Reynolds’ role in a vast conspiracy to hide the dangers of smoking helped hook a Florida man to cigarettes and ultimately caused his lung cancer death at 59, an attorney for the man’s … Continue reading

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