$5 million awarded in latest Engle suit 
Published: June 28, 2011
Tags: cancer, Engle, Engle litigation, R.J. Reynolds, smoking, tobacco, wrongful death
In the latest Engle suit to reach a verdict, jurors in Gainesville, Fla. awarded $5 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer.
Court affirms Engle verdict
Published: June 15, 2011
Tags: Engle, Engle litigation, tobacco, tobacco litigation
Lending credence to the continued use of the pre-determined liability findings in the Engle cases, an appellate court in Florida recently affirmed a $17.5 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds.
Plaintiffs win more Engle suits
Published: May 31, 2011
Tags: Engle, Engle litigation, tobacco, tobacco litigation
Extending the plaintiffs’ winning streak in the Engle tobacco litigation in Florida, juries awarded roughly $1 million and $3.6 million in two different cases in late May.
Jury rules for Philip Morris in smoker suit
Published: May 25, 2011
Tags: Engle, Engle litigation, Philip Morris, tobacco, tobacco litigation
A federal jury has ruled in favor of Philip Morris in a suit brought by a smoker alleging that the tobacco company’s cigarettes caused her lung cancer.
Engle verdict awards plaintiff only $11,000
Published: April 19, 2011
Tags: cigarettes, Engle, Florida, Lorillard, lung cancer, tobacco
A jury in Escambia County, Fla. has returned the lowest verdict so far in a string of suits on behalf of smokers against tobacco companies, finding the decedent 95 percent liable for his health issues.
Jurors award $2.4 million to widow of smoker
Published: April 14, 2011
Tags: cigarette, Engle, Florida, lung cancer, tobacco
An 87-year-old Lake Worth, Fla. widow has won a $2.47 million verdict against three tobacco companies for causing the 1998 death of her husband from lung cancer.
Smoker wins $300,000 in suit against R.J. Reynolds
Published: April 13, 2011
Tags: cancer, Engle, Florida, R.J. Reynolds, tobacco litigation
A 77-year-old Daytona Beach woman has won $300,000 in what likely is the first verdict against a tobacco company in Central Florida out of thousands of suits filed statewide by ailing, longtime smokers.
Engle litigation rolls on with defense verdict
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 5, 2011
Tags: cigarettes, Engle, Engle litigation, tobacco, tobacco litigation
As the individual tobacco trials known as the Engle litigation continue, the defense scored a victory in the first case tried in Clay County, Fla.
Tobacco plaintiffs win $17.3 million and $3.75 million
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: March 10, 2011
Tags: cigarettes, Engle, Engle litigation, tobacco, tobacco litigation
The plaintiffs in the Florida individual tobacco trials known as the Engle litigation kept their winning streak alive recently, with a $3.75 million verdict followed by a $17.3 million verdict, both including generous punitive damages awards.
Plaintiffs’ tobacco victories result in lowest ‘Engle’ awards yet
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: February 23, 2011
Tags: Engle, Engle litigation, tobacco, tobacco litigation
Two years after individual tobacco trials began as a result of the Engle litigation in Florida, plaintiffs are still winning the majority of the cases.
But the most recent verdicts – while still plaintiff victories – resulted in the lowest damage awards of the more than 30 cases tried to date.
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