Posts tagged Tobacco litigation

• Who Does Limiting Attorney's Fees Eventually Hurt?

  Eddie Farah | February 28, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  An opinion in the Wall Street Journal this week talks about a bill introduced in the Florida legislature this week, HB 903, that would limit the amount a trial attorney could take home in the...

• Luring Young Women To Smoke With Pink Campaign

  Eddie Farah | February 28, 2009 12:20 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, 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...

• 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...

• Raising the Tax On Cigarettes - It's About Time

  Eddie Farah | November 19, 2008 11:54 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, 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...

• The State of Florida Wants You To Quit!

  Eddie Farah | May 08, 2008 10:50 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, 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...

• 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...