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Update on NPM Fee Legislation — Mississippi, Florida and Texas
Mar 19, 2013
Tobacco Law blog— Troutman Sanders LLP
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Mar 20, 2013 00:20
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Big Tobacco loses in Florida high court
Polston concluded tobacco companies had all the notice and opportunity they needed to defend all theories of liability. The Engle jury heard more than 150 witnesses and received thousands of pages of documents and exhibits, he noted. "We decline the def
Mar 19, 2013
Daily Report
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Mar 19, 2013 02:16
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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] Campus to become tobacco-free
The Florida State University Board of Trustees on Friday, March 8 ... the issue that garnered significant attention at the meeting was an approved measure to ban the use of all tobacco products on campus by January 2014. Since 2006 the University has c
Mar 18, 2013
Fsview & Florida Flambeau (Florida State University)
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Mar 19, 2013 02:31
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[Florida] Editorial: Big Government smokescreen
We urge people to contact so-called conservatives in the Legislature. Remind them that non-smokers have personal freedom, too. Tell them to let a decision on whether to ban smoking at parks and beaches be made, as Goldwater would have, by the governments
Mar 18, 2013
Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune
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Mar 18, 2013 04:48
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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