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Jury hits R.J. Reynolds with $46.3 million verdict
Friday, April 23, 2010 � by scott
The Florida case is the 13th verdict against a tobacco company out of 15 cases in the four years since the state Supreme Court allowed individual challenges.
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Smoker’s widow awarded $26.6 million from tobacco companies
Thursday, March 25, 2010 � by jg
Daily Business Review: “It was a 50-year conspiracy where the tobacco companies deliberately and consciously lied. All the while, they knew people were dying.”
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Appeals court upholds $24.8 million award to smoker’s widow
Friday, March 19, 2010 � by jg
Daily Business Review: A Florida appeals court has upheld an award of $24.8 million in a products liability case against cigarette makers Philip Morris USA, Brown & Williamson and Liggett Group.
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On Big Tobacco, historians and playing hardball
Sunday, March 14, 2010 � by scott
A penetrating look at the efforts of Big Tobacco to silence or marginalize historian critics.
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In CA: Smoke Got In Our Eyes
Thursday, January 21, 2010 � by eric
California may have smoke-free air, but the state has failed on other key measures in the fight against Big Tobacco, according to a new report by the American Lung Assn.
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Tobacco, tort reformers, and a guy named Tiger
Monday, December 14, 2009 � by jg
Cigarette makers pay good money for their friends. The American Tort Reform Association’s membership list is a “who’s who” of moneyed interests including Big Tobacco. They spend heavily to keep individuals from getting a fair shake in the courtroom.