Benchmarks: ‘Passion and prejudice’ negate $37M smoker award 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 14, 2012
Tags: emphysema, Engle litigation, Philip Morris, product liability, tobacco litigation
After upholding a $37 million smoker award in June, a Florida appeals court had second thoughts, deciding Wednesday that passion and prejudice so influenced the jury that the only recourse is to grant Philip Morris a new trial on damages.
Philip Morris must pay smoker $37M
Published: July 3, 2012
Tags: emphysema, Engle litigation, Philip Morris, product liability, tobacco litigation
A long-time cigarette smoker sufficiently showed reliance for the purpose of establishing a tobacco company’s liability for the fraudulent concealment of the health hazards of its products, the Florida Court of Appeal has ruled.
Tobacco jury awards $260,000 after being asked for $10 billion
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 15, 2011
Tags: cancer, emphysema, Florida, R.J. Reynolds, smoking, tobacco
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $260,000 in damages to a Florida man who said he developed cancer and emphysema from smoking, a jury decided after a trial that started with his lawyer asking for $10 billion.
Top Ten Jury Verdicts Countdown #3
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: January 15, 2010
Tags: emphysema, Engle litigation, Philip Morris, tobacco, Top Ten Verdicts
After just three hours of deliberations, a six-person jury in Broward County, Fla. has awarded a plaintiff suffering from severe emphysema $300 million against Philip Morris.
