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West Virginia tobacco suit ends in mistrial (access required)

Published: November 17, 2011

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A large-scale tobacco suit on behalf of more than 600 plaintiffs ended in a mistrial last week.

Tobacco defendants win two straight Engle verdicts (access required)

Published: November 3, 2011

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The tobacco industry defendants have won two more defense verdicts in the individual trials in Florida known as the Engle litigation.

Latest ‘Engle’ cases split (access required)

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: October 6, 2011

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As the individual tobacco trials in Florida roll on, the mixed results continue.

One jury recently sided with the defense in the case of a man who died of emphysema, while a second jury awarded $1.5 million to a plaintiff who died of esophageal cancer.

Court upholds big award in smoker’s case (access required)

Published: August 19, 2011

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A California state appeals court upheld $13.8 million in punitive damages against Philip Morris for the addiction and death of a 45-year cigarette smoker, saying the company’s decades of concealment and lies about the dangers of its products were “extremely reprehensible.”

Philip Morris to pay $12.8 million to son for father’s death (access required)

Published: August 11, 2011

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A jury has ordered Philip Morris USA Inc. to pay $12.8 million to the 19-year-old son of a man who died of lung cancer from smoking Marlboro cigarettes.

Fla. Supreme Court rejects ‘Engle’ appeal (access required)

Published: July 29, 2011

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In a blow to tobacco defendants facing thousands of suits in Florida state court in the Engle litigation, the Florida Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a case where an Engle plaintiff was awarded $30 million.

Plaintiffs see limited damages in ‘Engle’ suits (access required)

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: July 29, 2011

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Two more plaintiffs have won individual trials in the ongoing Florida Engle litigation, but one plaintiff was apportioned 70 percent of the fault and the other was awarded zero damages.

Jury awards no damages in smoking death (access required)

Published: July 22, 2011

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A Florida jury has held tobacco companies partly responsible for a woman’s death but awarded her husband nothing.

$5 million awarded in latest Engle suit (access required)

Published: June 28, 2011

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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.

Defense team scores big win for cigarette giant (access required)

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: June 17, 2011

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When Stephen C. Haglund proposed to his wife, he flipped open a pack of Marlboro cigarettes to reveal the engagement ring. He thought nothing of trudging through a New England blizzard just to buy smokes. And he kept on puffing even after he was diagnosed with lung cancer.

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