Kirk Hartley
From Canada and Japan: Yet Another Mass Tort Bankruptcy, and Possible Fraudulent Conveyance: Big Tob
A tobacco company is the latest entity to use bankruptcy to try to limit its obligations for a mass tort. This instance, however, is...
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Kirk Hartley
Mar 4, 20191 min read
Quebec Court of Appeals Affirms Massive Class Action Verdict Against Tobacco Companies
The $15 billion or so Quebec class action verdict in Canada against tobacco companies was upheld late on Friday in a 440 page opinion, in...
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Kirk Hartley
Jan 25, 20161 min read
Low Dose CT Scan Medical Monitoring Trial Arrives for Big Tobacco
Trial has finally arrived for the long-pending and much litigated Donovan class action against big tobacco in federal court in...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 24, 20151 min read
Big Tobacco Moving into Positive Science?
Big tobacco asserts it’s now trying to use science in a positive way, instead of simply using them to create “doubt.” The story is told...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 22, 20151 min read
Recent Overview of Personal Injury Litigation Involving Tobacco Smoking
Tobacco personal injury litigation is continuing and expanding. The broad contours of the litigation are set out in “The Tobacco...
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Kirk Hartley
Mar 26, 20152 min read
Tobacco Suits Rising
More and more suits are aimed at big tobacco. Set out below is a press release on two new suits, with more suits said to be on the way....
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Kirk Hartley
Oct 15, 20142 min read
More Advertising for More Tobacco Claiming – NGOs Focused on Litigation Are Forces to Consider
Dragging down big tobacco is a massive job. Asbestos defendants never have figured out how to do it successfully, perhaps in part because...
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Kirk Hartley
Oct 3, 20141 min read
Bladder Cancer Defendant Says Smoking and Other Factors Caused the Tumor – What Will The Jury
The role of smoking in cancers is an increasingly litigated issue for cancers that are not lung cancer. For example, a current trial in a...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 5, 20142 min read
New Data on Second Hand Smoke Remaining in the Air
A new study provides data on second hand smoke remaining in residences. The article is Semple et al, How Long Does Secondhand Smoke...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 9, 20141 min read
Will Tobacco Kill a Billion People in the 21st Century?
Business Insider brings together 12 powerful charts on the death toll and other harms from tobacco. Some say tobacco will kill 1 billion...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 8, 20141 min read
Will Tobacco Kill a Billion People in the 21st Century?
Business Insider brings together 12 powerful charts on the death toll and other harms from tobacco. Some say tobacco will kill 1 billion...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 4, 20141 min read
Big Tobacco’s Engle Appeals Continue at SCOTUS
Big tobacco is continuing its effort to undo Engle through appeals to SCOTUS. Last fall, big tobacco launched yet another attack. Now,...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 5, 20131 min read
Big Tobacco Moves More Massively into the Russian Marketplace – No Fear of Russian Lung Cance
Big tobacco continues to expand its global spreading of death and cancer, this time with Phillip Morris and Japan Tobacco making major...
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Kirk Hartley
Oct 23, 20131 min read
150 Cases Involving Lorillard’s Kent Micronite Filters with Crocidolite Fibers
A new Mother Jones article by Myron Levin provides a cogent summary of the Kent filter story, with links to some interesting old ads run...
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Kirk Hartley
Oct 2, 20132 min read
More Progress on Pinpointing Lung Cancers Caused by Smoking
Although researchers generally are not interested in litigation, their insights continue to have implications for toxic tort litigation....
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 23, 20131 min read
American Cancer Society Joins in Supporting Tobacco Class Action
Toxic tort litigation continues to evolve. The American Cancer Society is supporting deceptive marketing class actions against big...
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Kirk Hartley
Aug 6, 20131 min read
Tobacco Takes Another Hit – Punitives Awarded in Case Arising from a Person Who Started in Te
Another Florida verdict against big tobacco, with a $ 22 million award of punitive damages. The claims involved a woman who started...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 29, 20132 min read
Ireland’s Goal – “Smoke Free” (Relatively Speaking) in 12 Years
Imagine – a smoke free country in Europe. That’s the 2025 goal of the Health Minister in Ireland, although the goal actually is not...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 12, 20131 min read
Tobacco Loses Another Appeal After Losing at Trial
It’s always good to see big tobacco lose a trial verdict or an appeal. The latest loss is described here – in a California appellate...
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Kirk Hartley
May 10, 20131 min read
Canadian Province Tobacco Trial Marches Forward – The Defense Loses Most Every Motion
A new post on Eye on the Trials provides a concise summary of the tobacco companies losing a series of defense motions launched at the...
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