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Florida Jury Awards Smoker $26 Million In COPD Suit Against Philip Morris
Posted on 16 Sep 2014 by Maureen McGuire

FORT MYERS, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on Sept. 16 awarded $20 million in punitive damages to a woman who alleged that her chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD) was caused... Read More

Tags: Engle , punitive damages , Lorillard Tobacco Co. , personal injury , cigarettes , Florida , smoking , Litigation , Judith Berger v. Philip Morris USA , Engle v. Liggett Group , Liggett Group LLC , Philip Morris USA , Judith Berger , torts , R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Graphic Images On Cigarette Packs Are Unconstitutional Compelled Speech, Judge Says
Posted on 1 Mar 2012 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Food and Drug Administration's proposed graphic warnings for cigarette packs violate the First Amendment bar against compelled speech, a District of Columbia federal judge ruled Feb. 29 in granting summary judgment... Read More

Tags: Lorillard Tobacco Co. , Food and Drug Administration , cigarette pack warnings , tobacco companies , Margaret Hamburg , FDA , Administrative Procedures Act , smoking , Health and Human Services , 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act , Litigation , Kathleen Sebelius , Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. , Liggett Group LLC , First Amendment , R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. United States Food and Drug Administration , Commonwealth Brands Inc. , R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. , tobacco

Liggett Announces $110 Million Settlement Of Florida Tobacco Litigation
Posted on 24 Oct 2013 by Michael Lefkowitz

MIAMI — (Mealey’s) The nation’s third largest tobacco manufacturer announced Oct. 23 that it will pay $110 million to settle thousands of Engle progeny tobacco litigation cases asserting death and injury in Florida state and federal... Read More

Tags: Engle , In re: Engle Cases , tobacco litigation , Florid , smoking , Litigation , Vector Group Ltd. , Inc. , Engle v. Liggett Group , Liggett Group LLC , tobacco