The Hayes Firm Legal Blog

By Bob Van Voris   May 20 (Bloomberg) — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $29.1 million to Connie Buonomo, the widow of a Florida man who started smoking at age 13 and died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2008, a jury in Fort Lauderdale said.   The unanimous verdict today by six state [...]

By Duff Wilson, NY Times Published: November 20, 2009      Legal experts predict that thousands of tobacco lawsuits could gain momentum in Florida after a Fort Lauderdale jury ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million to a former smoker who says she needs a lung transplant.    If it survives an appeal, the [...]