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Florida Jury Awards Smoker's Widow $4.5 Million But Splits Blame
Posted on 14 Apr 2011 by Michael Lefkowitz

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida jury awarded $4.5 million to the 87-year-old widow of a longtime smoker April 13, but tempered her eventual compensation by assigning nearly half of the responsibility to the decedent ( Mary Tullo v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco... Read More

Tags: Engle , Mary Tullo v. R.J. Reynolds , R.J. Reynolds , Lorillard , Philip Morris , Liggett , cigarettes , smoker , Florida , Palm Beach County , lung cancer , Litigation , Tullo , Parliament , jury award , tobacco

Jury Rules For Philip Morris In 1st Federal Post-Engle Trial
Posted on 17 Feb 2012 by Michael Lefkowitz

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - (Mealey's) A Florida federal court jury found for the defense Feb. 16 in the first federal tobacco trial based on the Florida Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc. (945 So.2d 1246 [Fla. Sup. 2006... Read More

Tags: Virginia Gollihue , In re: Engle Cases , R.J. Reynolds , Lorillard , Philip Morris , Victoria Gollihue v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , Liggett , RJR , Florida , smoking , Litigation , Engle v. Liggett Group , verdict , tobacco

Florida Appeals Court Says 'Brand Usage' Not Required For Conspiracy Under Engle
Posted on 7 Dec 2011 by Michael Lefkowitz

MIAMI - (Mealey's) The landmark Florida tobacco case of Engle v. Liggett Group Inc. (945 So. 2d 1246 [Fla. 2006]) did not impose a "brand usage" requirement on claims for civil conspiracy and concealment but only on personal injury claims... Read More

Tags: Lorillard , Liggett , personal injury , product liability , class action , Florida , Vector Group , Litigation , Engle v. Liggett Group , Martha Rey v. Philip Morris , tobacco

Florida Court Reinstates Conspiracy/Concealment Claim Against 3 Tobacco Defendants
Posted on 29 Sep 2011 by Michael Lefkowitz

MIAMI - (Mealey's) A Florida state appeals court on Sept. 29 reversed summary judgment against a smoker's widow after finding that the state's Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc. (945 So. 2d 1246, 1277 [Fla. 2006]) case allows conspiracy/concealment... Read More

Tags: Engle , conspiracy , Lorillard , Liggett , concealment , cigarettes , Florida , smoking , Vector Group , Martha Rey , Litigation , Engle v. Liggett Group , Martha Rey v. Philip Morris , tobacco

Florida Ruling Big Tobacco Won Is Coming Back To Bite It
Posted on 21 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MIAMI - (AP) A Florida Supreme Court ruling that threw out a $145 billion award against cigarette makers is biting Big Tobacco back, making it dramatically easier for thousands of smokers to sue and turning the state into the nation's hot spot for... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , Engle , R.J. Reynolds , Damages , Garnick , Lorillard , Philip Morris , heart disease , Liggett , Food and Drug Administration , Altria , Northeastern University , class action , Florida Supreme Court , smoking , lung cancer , Litigation , lawsuit , Big Tobacco , Marlboro Light , cigarette , Tobacco Products Liability Project , tobacco