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WPEC
March 6, 2018
Plaintiff Richard DeLisle went to the Supreme Court after the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Crane Co., a manufacturer accused of exposing DeLisle to asbestos in gaskets. The appeals court ruling came after DeLisle had won an $8 million verdict in the BrowardÃâà...
Law.com
March 6, 2018
Standing, from left, John Crabtree of Crabtree & Auslander in Key Biscayne, and Edward Zebersky of Zebersky Payne in Fort Lauderdale. A Miami jury returned a $17.5 million verdict, including $10 million in punitive damages, against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA in a smoker's death.
Winston-Salem Journal
March 5, 2018
We got the name “Camel City” from the popular camel cigarettes produced by the local R.J Reynolds Tobacco Company, but we have many other claims to fame, including the invention of the Krispy Kreme doughnut. Maybe you've had questions in the back of your mind that have yet to be answered.
Law360
February 26, 2018
Law360 (February 26, 2018, 6:27 PM EST) -- R.J. Reynolds is facing a possible boost to the punitive damages in a $28.1 million judgment in favor of a former Salem Kings cigarette smoker and laryngeal cancer survivor after the U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review the Second Circuit's findings in the tortuousÃâà...
Law.com
February 26, 2018
But what made Dawn Schlefstein's case unique was that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. did not try to argue Schlefstein was partially to blame for her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company withdrew the comparative fault defense before trial, a move Alvarez and Paige have never seen before.
Triad Business Journal
February 8, 2018
Bailey Power Plant, the last of seven rehabilitated buildings on the former R.J. Reynolds campus in downtown Winston-Salem, celebrated a grand opening Thursday morning. The former coal-burning energy plant features 111,479 square feet of modern office and meeting space as well as restaurantÃâà...
Law360
February 5, 2018
The case is Dawn Schlefstein v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., case number CACE08022558, in the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. --Additional reporting by Brandon Lowrey. Editing by Breda Lund. For additional coverage of this trial, visit Courtroom View Network. View commentsÃâà...
Norwich Bulletin
December 31, 1999
A request to review the decision was filed by the Court of Appeals in the Second Circuit, however it was recently denied, upholding the jury's verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. of North Carolina. Izzarelli, 57, developed larynx cancer after smoking Salem cigarettes for more than 25 years. When sheÃâà...
Triad Business Journal
December 31, 1999
A Winston-Salem manufacturing facility, built 55 years ago by R.J Reynolds Tobacco Co., is looking for a new tenant. Located at 1300 Cunningham Ave., the 380,000-square-foot facility was bought by Winston-Salem-based Oracle Flexible Packaging in 2005 when R.J. Reynolds sold off its packaging unitÃâà...
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