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[Florida] Lillian Kaplan Dies Battling Big Tobacco
Sadly, the men and women who were most affected by Big Tobacco's lies are now dying. In fact, every year, nicotine delivery devices continue to claim the lives of over 440,000 Americans. Yet Big Tobacco continues to deny and delay. Soon the "Greatest Gene
Sep 17, 2012
PR Newswire
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Sep 18, 2012 00:19
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Florida justices hear arguments in smoker's death
A high-profile lawyer representing three tobacco companies urged the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday to make it harder for thousands of sick smokers or their survivors to win lawsuits . . . David Boies, a New York lawyer who also represented Democrat A
Sep 7, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Sep 7, 2012 11:43
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[Florida] Jacksonville judge disqualified from case over Nazi comparison
A three judge panel of the state’s 1st District Court of Appeal on Wednesday issued an opinion explaining its June decision to overrule Circuit Judge Adrian Soud, who twice rejected motions by Philip Morris to disqualify himself in the case.
Sep 6, 2012
Business Journal of Jacksonville and Northeast Florida
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Sep 6, 2012 13:30
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[Florida] Jackson County Man Dies After Winning Tobacco Company Civil Suit
Back in March, a Jackson county jury agreed with Emmon Smith that R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company caused his lung cancer, which he was diagnosed with 20 years ago.
Sep 4, 2012
WMBB-TV (Panama City, FL)
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Sep 6, 2012 08:18
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Mealey's Litigation Report: Nazi Reference Gets Judge Booted from Florida Tobacco Trial
A Florida judge who compared a former tobacco company chief executive officer to a Nazi war criminal was disqualified by the state's First District Court of Appeal today from presiding over a tobacco case (Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Mary Brown
Sep 5, 2012
Lexis Nexis
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Sep 6, 2012 08:04
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[Florida] Fla. Supreme Court hearing argument in 1st tobacco case since justices voided class-action
The Florida Supreme Court is hearing the first of thousands of individual smoking cases filed since the justices voided a $145 billion class-action verdict against tobacco companies six years ago.
Sep 6, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Sep 6, 2012 06:27
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[Florida] Trial opens in case of West Palm Beach widow accusing tobacco company in husband’s death
To Shirley Baker and her attorneys, Perry Baker’s inability to quit is a testament to an addiction that was fueled by decades of lies and deception from tobacco companies. “This is a case about greed, about money, about how the defendant R.J. Reynolds p
Sep 5, 2012
Palm Beach (FL) Post
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Sep 6, 2012 06:25
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[Florida] PHILIP MORRIS USA v. MARY BROWN: Emergency petition for writ of prohibition (PDF)
the trial judge made the connection between Petitioner’s former CEO and a Nazi war criminal, and remarked that this would be a plausible comparison for the jury to draw. . . . Petition granted.
Sep 5, 2012
Florida's First District Court of Appeal
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Sep 6, 2012 01:55
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[Florida] Mengele Remark Gets Judge Removed From Philip Morris Case
Senior Judge A.C. Soud of the Duval County Circuit Court in Jacksonville made the remarks at a June 19 hearing on the admissibility of a 1971 videotape which shows Joseph Cullman, then head of cigarette maker Philip Morris, suggesting that lower birth we
Sep 5, 2012
Bloomberg News
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Sep 6, 2012 01:38
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[Florida] QUOTES FROM ENGLE TRIAL JURORS ON THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY (PDF)
[item undated] The jury awarded the $145 billion in punitive damages despite attempts by the cigarette companies' lawyers and top executives to convince the jury that the tobacco companies had changed their ways and were now responsible corporate citizens
Sep 2, 2012
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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Sep 2, 2012 18:20