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Following almost three weeks of trial, during which Brannock & Humphries addressed multiple difficult legal questions, a jury in Jacksonville returned a $7.5 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for fraudulently concealing from the American public for more than ...
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Today, at Brannock & Humphries’ urging, the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued an opinion reversing the reduction of a $1 million verdict against cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris. At trial, the plaintiff had prevailed on all his counts, including counts ...
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Brevard County Legal Aid honored Steve Brannock and Brannock & Humphries for their many hours of dedicated pro bono service at Brevard’s 31st Annual Pro Bono Awards Ceremony and Recognition Gala, held in Rockledge on March 16. Steve Brannock and ...
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After a multi-week trial, during which Brannock & Humphries provided appellate support, a Broward County jury awarded more than $41 million to the family of a deceased smoker. Dawn Schlefstein’s family filed suit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company because of ...
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The Fourth District Court of Appeal disapproved a misleading jury instruction today, awarding a Brannock & Humphries client a new trial in her lawsuit against tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris. The plaintiff is the surviving wife of a nicotine addict who ...
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The Third District Court of Appeal issued an opinion today upholding an order denying R.J. Reynolds a new trial on claims for fraudulent concealment and conspiracy in a non-Engle progeny tobacco lawsuit. On appeal, Brannock & Humphries successfully defended the ...
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Describing decades-long efforts by the tobacco industry to intentionally design addictive and deadly cigarettes and to conspire to hide the dangers of smoking cigarettes from the public, the Second District Court of Appeal today upheld a $32.75 million verdict obtained ...
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