Posts tagged tobacco

• Big Tobacco Increasing the Habit

  John Hopkins | August 31, 2006 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Boston Globe and the Washington Post reported that the nicotine content in cigarettes has increased an average of almost 10% between 1998 and 2004! So, in the face of lawsuits, public scrutiny and the exposure of these tactics in the past, Tobacco companies are trying to hook smokers more and more. Doral Lights reportedly incraesed 36% and Marlboros, hot with the young smokers, increased...

• Big Tobacco--Emperor Has No Clothes in Massachusetts

  John Hopkins | September 02, 2011 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Over 6000 plaintiffs in Florida continue to face arguments put forth by the tobacco industry. To those of us who have read major portions of documents produced by Big Tobacco and dating back as many...

• First Of Thousands Of Florida Smoker Lawsuits Since Engle Underway

  Eddie Farah | December 03, 2008 1:50 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, 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...

• 14 Year Old Tobacco Lawsuit Settled in Florida

  Eddie Farah | April 18, 2008 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Thousands ofFlorida smokers or their surviving family memberswill be eligible to share in a 600 million judgment against tobacco manufacturers ending more than a dozen years of litigation A 145...

• Big Tobacco, Scorched Earth Tactics & the Engle Case

  John Hopkins | February 06, 2007 5:05 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Florida Supreme Court has issued its mandate in the Engle v Liggett case. This case involved a class action by Florida smokers against Big Tobacco. Florida smokers who qualify as "Engle class members" must now take some action against Big Tobacco in less than one year. The Supreme Court made certain findings of fact and law that may place Big Tobacco at a distinct disadvantage and Florida...

• Big Tobacco Caught in the Back Draft of its Scorched Earth Litigation Strategy

  Cal Warriner | November 20, 2009 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsWest 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...

• Big Tobacco's Florida Legislature

  John Hopkins | April 23, 2009 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsWest 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...

• In the Tobacco Wars -- One More for the Good Guys

  Cal Warriner | August 18, 2011 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  It appears Betty Bullock may finally receive the justice she so richly deserves. Unfortunately, she’s dead and won’t be able to enjoy it. Betty started smoking cigarettes during...

• New Twist in Tobacco Cases

  Staff Writer | September 26, 2006 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  When federal judge Jack Weinstein ruled yesterday that he had found substantial evidence that the so-called light cigarettes were just as dangerous as regular cigarettes and the manufacturers knew it, it opened a potential flood gate of litigants. That's why Judge Weinstein argued in favor of granting the class action status. Interestingly, the case which was first filed in 2004, does not...

• Should Warning Labels Be Added to Strawberries?

  John Hopkins | August 24, 2008 6:28 PM | 3 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Ever heard of “Polonium 210”? Think Alexander Litvinenko; the Russian dissident we all watched slowly die in 2006 after he was exposed to a toxic substance. The toxic substance to which he was...