Class Action

First Post-Engle Trial Begins
A few years ago, the Florida Supreme Court threw out a $145 billion class verdict against various members of the tobacco industry. Now, as Sheila noted in last week's roundup, the first Florida trial post-Engle has begun; Bloomberg has a...

Federal Judge Finds Engle Tobacco Order Violates Due Process
Engle v. Liggett Group involved a class action of approximately 700,000 Florida residents against various tobacco manufacturers. In 1999, a jury found in favor of the class and entered specific findings of fact...

"Son of Engle" Starts Soon
The first of 8,000 individual tobacco cases that resulted from the decertification of the Engle class will start soon. They were to start today, but flooding in the Broward County Courthouse delayed the trial...

Friday Deadline for Thousands of Tobacco Cases
An estimated 5,000 to 10,000 cases will be filed in Florida courts today under a deadline set to file lawsuits for smoking related illnesses. A 2006 state Supreme Court decision decertified a class-action punative verdict of $145 billion, the largest award ever granted against the tobacco companies, but directed injured smokers to file individual lawsuits...

Philip Morris USA Plans $8 Million Tobacco Appeal
LEARN MORE Injuryboard - Help Center- Cigarettes and Tobacco Injuryboard News- Jacksonville- Hess case follows in Engle footsteps, December 2008 Engle Trust Fund Florida Supreme Court on Engle case    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Marlboro cigarettes/ author: Bachmont   Tobacco giant Philip Morris USA, was dealt an $8 million blow Wednesday when a Fort Lauderdale jury awarded the widow of a smoker $8 million in damages...

First individual Florida tobacco suit to begin this week
The Daily Business Review reports on the Hess case, the first individual trial resulting from the Florida Supreme Court's rejection (discussed by plenty of us on this blog, in the day) of the massive Engle v Liggett class action against...

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Washington Post WPO Securities Fraud
Washington Post WPO

$1.5 Million Asbestos Mesothelioma Verdict Against Fisher Controls International
$1.5 Million Asbestos Mesothelioma Verdict

$1.5 Million Verdict for Injured Worker
$1.5 Million Verdict for Injured Worker

Washington Post 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Washington Post 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

$31 Million Verdict
Against Camden New Jersey

Smokeless Tobacco Increases Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack
Smokeless Tobacco Increases Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack