- Eddie Farah | December 03, 2008 1:50 PM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Wrongful Death
Stuart Hess of Cooper City, Florida died of lung cancer at the age of 55 in 1997.
His widow, Elaine, says Stuart tried to quit smoking. He tried Nicorette gum and hypnosis. He tried to quit cold...
- Cal Warriner | November 20, 2009 9:20 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
Big Tobacco's pants are aflame today after suffering a 300 million dollar verdict in yet another defeat in its Florida litigation war. You see, knowing it has imposed more death and suffering than...
- John Hopkins | April 23, 2009 8:45 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
Big Tobacco is at it again. Their lobbyists are running through the corridors of Tallahassee handing out... well, I guess, cigarettes? Whatever they are handing out, it appears to be effective. Big...
- James W. Gustafson, Jr. | November 16, 2010 2:39 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
Category:
Miscellaneous
According to Courtroom View Network who recorded the trial:
The law firm Searcy Denney put a dramatic end to Tobacco's eight-case winning streak today by reeling in an $80 million verdict in Webb...
- John Hopkins | April 15, 2010 9:42 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
She started smoking in the ‘50’s; when it was cool. When Big Tobacco told all of us it was not only OK, it was good for you.
Janie Clay died in 2003, at the tender age of 58, from a...
- Brenda Fulmer | November 19, 2009 5:16 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
Philip Morris suffered yet another blow in the latest post-Engle tobacco trial. A Fort Lauderdale jury rendered a verdict on November 19, 2009, for $300 million against the tobacco manufacturers...
- Eddie Farah | February 28, 2009 12:20 AM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
A new campaign is revolting, even for the tobacco industry.
The American Cancer Society is warning teen girls that they are being targeted with a new campaign dressed in pink.
Don’t be...
- Eddie Farah | November 19, 2008 11:54 PM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
It makes sense. Cigarettes cost the state of Florida about $6 billion a year in exorbitant health care costs associated with smoking - heart disease, cancers and hospitalizations, according to the...
- Eddie Farah | May 08, 2008 10:50 PM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
The state of Florida is spending about 58 million to get you to kick the habit.
Any Floridian who qualified because of income can obtain the stop smoking aids for up to eight weeks. Call...