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January 22, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Longtime Smoker Awarded $225,000 After COPD Diagnosis

The jury found the smoker 70 percent liable for her illness.
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November 19, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Fort Lauderdale Lawyer Secures $2.4 Million Verdict for Widow Against Philip Morris

With the help of Los Angeles-based attorney Chris Kanne, Wichmann successfully argued the tobacco giant's advertising and misleading marketing was responsible for James Chadwell's 1993 death due to lung cancer.
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November 15, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Altria GC Expresses Opposition on New FDA Proposal to Ban Menthol Cigarettes

Murray Garnick, the general counsel to tobacco company Altria Group, expressed opposition to the FDA's proposed ban on menthol cigarettes Thursday. Other companies have raised the possibility of legal action.
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November 12, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Estate of Late Smoker Swayed by Ads Awarded $2.4M

Philip Morris denied two key things — the plaintiff was addicted to cigarettes and his lung cancer was smoking-related.
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October 05, 2018 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Quinones v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.

Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis  Quinones v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.United States District Court for the Southern District of CaliforniaSeptember…
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August 16, 2018 | The Recorder

Lead Paint Companies Were 'Stuck With the Bill,' Says SCOTUS Briefs

"Imagine that late one evening, around closing time, after dinner with a friend, the waiter hands you a bill for $5,000. You object," wrote Corbin Barthold, litigation counsel at the WLF. “The host arrives and explains that the other patrons left without paying. The restaurant cannot track them down. You, however, are here. You, therefore, shall pay—for everyone.”
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July 20, 2018 | Daily Business Review

'We Are Outraged': This South Florida Firm is Winning Millions of Dollars Against Big Tobacco

Attorneys at the Schlesinger Law Offices in Fort Lauderdale won three verdicts over two months, requiring tobacco giants to shell out millions of dollars to smokers' families.
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June 22, 2018 | Daily Business Review

'Everything Went to Hell': Coral Gables Attorney Sues Former Co-Counsel Over Tobacco Cases

Two plaintiffs attorneys are fighting each other after their plan to work together on smoker cases disintegrated. Tobacco litigation is expensive to bring because cigarette makers put on aggressive defenses.
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June 04, 2018 | Daily Business Review

South Florida Attorneys Secure $21 Million Verdict for Widow of Cancer Patient

Gary Paige, of Gordon & Doner, and Hardee Bass, of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, secured $14 million in punitive damages and another $7 million in compensatory damages for client Faye Theis.
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May 17, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Rejects Adequate Alternative Forum as an Independent Threshold Consideration for Forum Non Conveniens Applications

The Delaware Supreme Court recently issued an important decision clarifying Delaware's forum non conveniens FNC law in Hupan v. Philip Morris USA.
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