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Then, in September, the Lorillard Tobacco Co. tried to appeal an award issued to the plaintiff in a wrongful death case. [read post]
6 Nov 2013, 2:19 pm by Amanda Traphagan
Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard – alleging that the Big Four engaged in misleading practices. [read post]
4 Nov 2013, 8:57 pm
Lorillard Tobacco introduced Kent cigarettes with the Micronite filter in 1952, with the filter containing a form as asbestos that the Sacramento Bee describes as "particularly virulent." [read post]
25 Oct 2013, 3:09 am by Jon Gelman
Yet that's precisely what Lorillard Tobacco did 60 years ago when it introduced Kent cigarettes, whose patented 'Micronite" filter contained a particularly virulent form of asbestos. [read post]
8 Sep 2013, 8:57 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by Legal Newsline and comes from legalnewsline.com MIAMI (Legal Newsline) — A Florida appeals court this week denied a tobacco company’s request for a new trial in a lawsuit brought against the company by the widow of a former smoker.RothenbergRothenbergAlso Wednesday, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal upheld a $33 million award to the widow, Dorothy Alexander, saying the damages were not excessive.After a three-week trial, the jury found in… [read post]
29 Jun 2013, 4:03 pm
Altria, which owns Philip Morris USA, the Number 1 tobacco company in the U.S., recently announced plans for its own e-cigarette, and Lorillard, the Number 3 U.S. tobacco company, plans to spend $40 million this year to promote its own e-cigarette brand, “Blu. [read post]
28 Nov 2012, 11:59 am by Keri S. Bruce
On November 27, 2012, a federal judge ordered tobacco companies Phillip Morris USA, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, and Lorillard Tobacco, to publish corrective advertising statements that (i) say a federal court found that they lied about the dangers of smoking and (ii) disclose negative facts about smoking, including about smoking's negative health effects; the addictiveness of smoking; the lack of significant health benefits from cigarettes marked “low tar,”… [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 6:25 am
Lorillard is the maker of tobacco products, which have been known to contain asbestos (along with some 4,000 other toxic chemicals). [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 9:29 am by James Hamilton
Chairman Issa asked the SEC Chair to reconcile the quiet period rules with the Supreme Court’s decision in Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 6:04 pm by Mandour & Associates
District Court against Majdi and Mohammad Adujamous, who own three Tobacco Zone stores in Richmond Virginia. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 5:57 pm
As one of the oldest tobacco companies in the U.S., Lorillard markets cigarettes under the brand names Newport, Maverick, Old Gold, Kent, True, Satin, and Max. [read post]