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Florida Judge Grants Mistrial In Latest Engle Progeny Tobacco Case
Posted on 12 May 2010 by Gerald C. Matics

BRADENTON, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A Florida judge granted a mistrial May 12 in an Engle progeny tobacco trial, two days after the cigarette company defendants questioned his actions in holding a private, off-the-record discussion with the jury... Read More

Tags: Engle , R.J. Reynolds Tobacco , Jimmie Willis , personal injury , RJR , Philip Morris USA Inc. , mistrial , Litigation , lawsuit , Engle v. Liggett Group , torts , tobacco

Florida Smoker's Widow Gets $2.2 Million In Compensatory Damages; Punitives To Follow
Posted on 6 Aug 2010 by Gerald C. Matics

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - (Mealey's) A Florida jury on Aug. 5 awarded $2.2 million in compensatory damages against a pair of tobacco companies to the widow of a smoker who died of small-cell lung cancer attributed to its products, finding that the smoker's... Read More

Tags: Engle , punitive damages , R.J. Reynolds Tobacco , Philip Morris , cigarettes , RJR , Charles Piendle , compensatory damages , smoker , Florida Supreme Court , lung cancer , Litigation , lawsuit , Engle v. Liggett Group , Margaret E. Piendle , Lucky Strike , tobacco