Schlesinger Team Wins $35 Million Verdict for Smoker
Scott Schlesinger, Steven Hammer and Jonathan Gdanski told the jury that Philip Morris and Liggett Group hid information about the health dangers of their cigarettes.
January 14, 2015 at 06:00 AM
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Details: When he was boy, Richard Boatright loved cowboys and “The Magnificent Seven,” a 1960 Western starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach and Steve McQueen.
But attorneys say it was this love that would lead him to start smoking cigarettes at 12, launching a decades-long nicotine addiction and leading to chronic disease, two lung transplants and a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against two powerful cigarette manufacturers.
| Case: Richard Boatright and Deborah Boatright v. Philip Morris USA and Liggett Group Case no: 53-2011CA-000158-0000-WH Description: Products liability Filing date: Jan. 12, 2011 Trial dates: Oct. 14-Nov. 12, 2014 Judge: Polk Circuit Judge John Radabaugh Plaintiffs attorneys: Scott Schlesinger, Steven Hammer, Jonathan Gdanski and Brittany Chambers, Schlesinger Law Officers, Fort Lauderdale Defense attorneys: Kenneth Reilly, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Miami, for Philip Morris and Ann St. Peter-Griffith, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, Miami, for Liggett Verdict amount: $35 million |
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