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Big Victory at Florida Supreme Court is Bad News for Cigarette Manufacturers
The majority clearly recognized and emphatically rejected the industry’s fundamental argument. “At its core, the defendants’ due process argument is an attack on our decision in Engle to give the Phase I findings res judicata – as opposed to issue precl
Mar 18, 2013
Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI)
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Mar 20, 2013 00:24
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[Florida] Philip Morris USA to Seek Further Review in the Douglas Case
“We believe that the court ruled incorrectly in allowing individual plaintiffs to use the general findings from the prior Engle case to prove their strict liability and negligence claims without showing that any wrongful conduct actually caused their inj
Mar 14, 2013
Altria Group, Inc.
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Mar 18, 2013 13:02
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[Florida] Fla. High Court Declines To Revisit Engle Decision ($$)
"At its core, the defendants' due process argument is an attack on our decision in Engle to give the Phase I findings res judicata — as opposed to issue preclusion ... we decline the defendants' invitation to rewrite Engle."
Mar 14, 2013
Law360
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Mar 15, 2013 05:24
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Florida Top Court Affirms Ruling Enabling Tobacco Suits
The Florida Supreme Court reaffirmed its 2006 “Engle” ruling that made it easier for thousands of smokers to sue tobacco companies ... The verdict was won by James Douglas, whose wife, Charlotte Douglas, died in 2008 of lung cancer at the age of 62.
Mar 14, 2013
Bloomberg News
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Mar 15, 2013 05:13
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[Florida] PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., et al., Petitioner, vs. JAMES L. DOUGLAS, etc., Respondent.
DOES ACCEPTING AS RES JUDICATA THE EIGHT PHASE I FINDINGS APPROVED IN ENGLE V. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., 945 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 2006), VIOLATE THE [ENGLE DEFENDANTS’] DUE PROCESS RIGHTS GUARANTEED BY THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION?
Mar 14, 2013
Florida Supreme Court
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Mar 14, 2013 14:59
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Florida Supreme Court affirms verdict in smoker’s death, reapproving landmark 1996 decision
The Florida Supreme Court decided not to upset its own landmark decision that makes it easier for thousands of sick smokers or their survivors to pursue lawsuits against tobacco companies. The justices on Thursday affirmed in a 6-1 decision a $2.5 millio
Mar 14, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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Mar 14, 2013 14:48
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Florida Supreme Court Upholds Engle Findings Against the Cigarette Industry
The Florida Supreme Court has now directly reaffirmed the ruling and rejected the cigarette manufacturers’ Due Process claims, stating, “As illustrated by hundreds of witnesses, thousands of documents and exhibits, and tens of thousands of pages of testi
Mar 14, 2013
Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder
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Mar 14, 2013 14:41
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[Florida] Jury selection stops; tobacco trial delayed until September
5th Judicial Circuit Court Administrator Kristina Valdez said a key expert witness had to undergo an emergency medical procedure and would not be available to testify over a two-day period. Now the case won’t come back onto the trial docket until Septemb
Mar 11, 2013
Ocala (FL) Star-Banner
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Mar 30, 2013 15:31
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[Florida] Wrongful death case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. from the death of Margaret R. McEniry begins in Marion County, Fla.
Jury selection stops; tobacco trial delayed until September ... The lawsuit stems from the death of Margaret R. McEniry, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 1995.
Mar 11, 2013
Ocala (FL) Star-Banner
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Mar 12, 2013 14:47
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[Florida] RJR Slapped With $40M Verdict In Engle Lung Cancer Suit
A Florida jury handed down a $40.5 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. on Thursday in an Engle progeny case, awarding the money to a widow who blames the cigarette maker for causing her husband's fatal lung cancer.
Feb 19, 2013
Law360
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Feb 19, 2013 17:47