Wire ServicesSeptember 20, 2020
3min511
R.J. Reynolds remained on the hook for the payments under the 1997 settlement.
Tag: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Wire ServicesSeptember 20, 2020
Kelly HayesSeptember 19, 2020
3min878
Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Friday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company will have to pay the state a one-time $92 million payment, as well as an estimated $30 million annually — a win for Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. R.J. Reynolds was part of the 1997 settlement in which cigarette makers agreed to […]
Wire ServicesAugust 13, 2020
4min594
The cases stem from a ruling regarding tobacco dangers and misrepresentation.
Jim RosicaMarch 8, 2017
5min232
A lawyer for the widow of a Florida man “addict(ed) to cigarettes” asked the state Supreme Court Monday to reinstate her $30 million jury award for punitive damages. Tallahassee attorney John S. Mills, who represents Joan Schoeff, told the court the conduct of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.(RJR)—in selling a product they knew was killing 500,000 people a year—stopped just short […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 18, 2017
4min523
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is going after two tobacco companies for holding back money she says is owed to the state under an historic tobacco settlement. Bondi filed an enforcement motion in Palm Beach County circuit court Wednesday against ITG Brands and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR). The attorney general said in a statement that R.J. […]