Philip Morris wins first smoker trial in Alaska
Philip Morris USA has announced a unanimous verdict in its favor in the first individual smoking case to be tried in Alaska. “The jury determined that Marlboro cigarettes are not defective and that the...
View ArticleFirst federal Engle suit results in verdict for the defense
The defense triumphed in the first individual tobacco trial held in Florida federal court. The Engle litigation – individual trials held to determine if a plaintiff was addicted to cigarettes and...
View ArticleSmoker’s widow wins $25 million in punitives against Lorillard
Lorillard Inc., the maker of Newport cigarettes, was ordered to pay a Florida widow $25 million in punitive damages by a Miami jury, the week after she was awarded $16 million in compensatory damages....
View ArticleCourt tosses $5M punitive award in first ‘Engle’ case
A Florida appellate panel has overturned a $5 million award of punitive damages against Philip Morris in the first individual case to go to trial under the state’s court-imposed procedures for product...
View ArticleTobacco companies hit with $75 million verdict
Johnnie Calloway hadn’t started high school when he and his brother snuck their first cigarettes. At age 59, the cement worker died of heart disease and bladder cancer, still smoking two packs a day....
View ArticleBenchmarks: Tobacco giants would admit ‘lies’ under judge’s order
A federal judge has ordered the nation’s top cigarette makers to issue public statements to correct decades of “false and misleading” claims about the dangers and addictiveness of smoking. U.S....
View ArticleBenchmarks: Fla. court slashes $16.2M from smoker award
A Florida appeals court has overturned a jury’s award of $16.2 million in punitive damages to a now-deceased cigarette smoker, concluding that Philip Morris should have been allowed to present a...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Fla. court upholds $15.2M smoker verdict
A Florida appeals court has upheld a $15.2 million jury award to the family of a two-pack-a-day smoker who died from lung cancer. In affirming the judgment last month, the Florida Court of Appeal (1st...
View ArticleGov’t won’t appeal ruling on graphic cigarette warnings
The Department of Justice has decided not to appeal a court decision striking down the Food and Drug Administration’s new graphic warnings on cigarette packages on First Amendment grounds. “The...
View ArticleN.Y. smokers can’t sue Philip Morris
Long-time smokers could not sue Philip Morris for manufacturing cigarettes that allegedly contained unnecessarily dangerous levels of carcinogens, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in...
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