Tag Archives: RJ Reynolds


Posted 353 days ago in Jury Awards by Sylvia Hsieh  |   Comments
Editor’s Choice: Jury Awards Edition

  Fatal menage a trois leads to $3 million verdict You just can’t make this stuff up, folks. The family of a man who died while having hot and heavy sex the night before he was due for a heart check-up won a $3 million jury award against his cardiologist for not warning him about the dangers of, um, getting too physical. William Martinez, a 31 year-old married father of two sons, had high blood pressure and signs of clogged …

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Posted 388 days ago in Personal Injury by Aaron Kase  |   Comments
$27 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for Cancer Victim

A Florida man was awarded $27 million in compensatory and punitive damages against tobacco company R.J. Reynolds last month after doctors told him that 44 years of smoking caused his lung cancer. Plaintiff had lung removed due to cigarette addiction Thousands of lawsuits pending against big tobacco companies First payouts by big tobacco expected to be made today   Addictive Habits Emmon Smith, a minister in Mariana, Florida, started smoking when he was a 13-year-old boy in 1944. Despite numerous …

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