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[Canada] Top 5 major lawsuits against 'Big tobacco'
Here’s a look at four other major Big Tobacco lawsuits and their outcomes.
Jun 13, 2012
GlobalTV (ca)
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Jun 17, 2012 12:52
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[Florida] R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY v. MACK - Opinion filed June 13, 2012.
Appellant is entitled to a new trial at which it should be permitted to introduce evidence of the decedent's occupational exposures and family history of cancer. Appellant should also be given the opportunity to introduce any expert testimony it may have
Jun 13, 2012
Leagle
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Jun 16, 2012 18:43
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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] Reynolds Rejected by Court on $20 Million Smoker Award
The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a $20 million award against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and a second cigarette maker, rebuffing the tobacco industry's latest effort to derail thousands of Florida suits.
Nov 26, 2012
Bloomberg News
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Nov 26, 2012 16:23
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Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Retailers Lose Tax Ruling
The government can tax makers of roll-your-own cigarette machines the same as mass tobacco manufacturers, the 6th Circuit ruled.
Sep 24, 2012
Courthouse News
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Sep 24, 2012 16:29
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[Washington] Congress rules on roll-your-own cigarettes
Congress passed a transportation package that included a provision that defines the shops as cigarette manufacturers. Then, just a few hours later, the state Supreme Court issued a decision that temporarily requires the stores to collect the same taxes a
Jun 30, 2012
Tacoma (WA) News Tribune
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Jun 30, 2012 05:12
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[Florida] Appellate court upholds $15m award to survivors of Edgewater smoker
A Florida appellate court has upheld the $15 million award to the survivors of an Edgewater woman in their lawsuit against the tobacco company, whose cigarettes they blamed for their mother's lung cancer. The First District Court of Appeal in Tallahasse
Dec 27, 2012
Daytona Beach (FL) News-Journal
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Dec 27, 2012 16:57
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Reynolds American Inc. in 2012: “Progress” in tobacco litigation is alleged five weeks after U.S. Supreme Court leaves the company with “massive liability…with no end in sight.”
Three key issues were taken up at the 2012 Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) Annual Shareholders Meeting in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on May 3rd.
May 25, 2012
Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI)
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May 29, 2012 14:08
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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] Latest chapter in the Engle tobacco saga
5. This week, the Fourth District Court of Appeals in West Palm Beach struck even that reduced award, on the grounds that the judge should have ordered a new trial (i.e., declared a mistrial) once he found that the jury award was tainted by passion and p
Dec 14, 2012
Pointoflaw.com (Walter K. Olson blog)
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Dec 14, 2012 13:55