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23 Feb 2009, 4:46 am by Mark Siesel
The tobacco giant Phillip Morris was ordered to pay 8 million dollars this week to Florida widow Elaine Hess, whose late husband Stuart Hess died of lung cancer at age 55 in 1997. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 10:27 am
Lawyers for Philip Hess contend that the verdict is not representative of the likely outcome of the thousands of cases still pending in Florida courts. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 10:20 am
A Miami Herald article today by Patrick Danner notes that a Florida jury in the Hess case, part of a long-running series of product liability claims in that state against cigarette manufacturers, and noted on February 13 on this blog,... [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 1:35 am
Elaine Hess, the widow of long-time chain smoker Stuart Hess, sued Philip Morris after her husband died of lung cancer. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 6:27 pm
USA Today has the story; Philip Morris will appeal (press release), focusing on the use of the findings from the Engle class before it was decertified. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 4:37 pm
Philip Morris said smoking was not addictive and Hess could have quit. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 4:20 pm
Altria Group, Inc., the parent company of Philip Morris, says it will appeal. [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 11:37 am
Elaine Hess is suing cigarette maker Philip Morris for the wrongful death of her husband, Stuart Hess. [read post]
31 Jan 2009, 8:51 am
Hess mostly smoked Benson & Hedges made by Philip Morris. [read post]
2 Dec 2008, 12:10 pm
Whether or not Hess was actually addicted to cigarettes will be the key to the case that his widow likely will bring again against Benson & Hedges (owned by Philip Morris), the cigarettes Hess preferred to smoke. [read post]
24 Jun 2008, 3:49 pm
-- but I'd argue against including Philip Roth or Gabriel Garcia Marquez. [read post]
31 Mar 2008, 9:26 pm
Oil Company Total Individual Contributions ExxonMobil $30,850 Hess $5,200 Shell $9,900 Conoco Philips $4,300 Chevron $9,500 BP $6396 Total $66,146 After Hillary's campaign called Obama out on the ad, his campaign responded: Obama's campaign quickly noted that he didn't take money from political action committees or lobbyists. [read post]