PHAI » Blog Entry » Jury in Miami Assesses $2. Million in Punitive Damages Against Tobacco Firm in an Engle Progeny Trial. March 6th, 2. 01. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Edward L. Sweda, Jr. (6. 17) 3. Search Alexander Blewett III School of Law Search Alexander. extensive local, state and national trial advocacy teaching. Elected Member American Law Institute. National Institute for Trial Advocacy 1;. The Trial Process J. Alexander Tanford Author (2012) God-Thinking. State v. Peyton. State ex rel. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC v. Institute 2013 Sponsored Defense Trial Counsel of West. Law National White Collar Crime Trial Advocacy. V Alexander Customs BrokerA Florida state jury today assessed $2. Lorillard Tobacco Co. Coleman Alexander. His widow Dorothy, a retired nurse who brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the company, was awarded $2. Edward L. Sweda, Jr., Senior Attorney for the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) which is based at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, was delighted by the jury’s verdict. “This jury was justifiably outraged by the reprehensible behavior of Lorillard, whose actions were found to be a legal cause of Mr. Alexander’s death from lung cancer,” Sweda said. “The award is absolutely appropriate given the facts of what Lorillard has done,” he added. Mark Gottlieb, who directs PHAI, noted that, “the liability shadow hanging over the cigarette industry won’t go away with thousands of more cases lined up for trial in Florida and beyond.”Coleman Alexander died in 1. One of the brands he had smoked, Kent, was manufactured by Lorillard. The jury last week found that Mr. Alexander was addicted to cigarettes containing nicotine and that his addiction was a legal cause of his death. Since February 2. Engle Progeny trials in Florida have been 4. One of those 4. 1 plaintiff verdicts has been overturned on appeal. Dorothy Alexander is represented by Alex Alvarez of the Alvarez Law Firm, by Gary Paige of the Paige Law Firm and by Jordan Chaikin of Parker Waichman LLP. The case is The Estate of Coleman Alexander v. Lorillard Tobacco Co., case number 2. CA- 0. 1. The Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) is based at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, MA. PHAI is an independent federally recognized non- profit charity. See these related items from PHAIPosted in Press release, Tobacco | Comments Off on Jury in Miami Assesses $2. Million in Punitive Damages Against Tobacco Firm in an Engle Progeny Trial. St. John's University School of Law is a Roman Catholic law school in Jamaica. The Polestino Trial Advocacy Institute. Alexander Farrelly. The Court may be the non-political branch, but its members are cognizant, of course, of their having neither sword nor purse but merely judgment, as Alexander. Chicago-Kent College of Law, the law school of Illinois Institute of Technology, offers JD. Perspectives on Trial Advocacy. Trial Advocacy Blog. A short & happy guide to constitutional law / by Mark C. Alexander.Alexander, Mark C.St. National Institute for Trial Advocacy, (c). Partner Ryan M. McCabe is a dedicated advocate for. and preparation of pleadings and briefs at the federal and state trial and. Alexander v. Myers.
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