Jury Finds Cigarette Addiction Did Not Cause Plaintiff’s Diseases

Mealey's (November 25, 2015, 1:41 PM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., — A Florida jury on Nov. 23 ruled in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Phillip Morris Tobacco Co. and Liggett Group Inc., determining that the diseases suffered by a 94-year-old man who had sued them were not caused by his addiction to cigarettes (Robert Shulman v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., No. 502007CA023832, Fla. Cir., 15th Jud. Cir.)....

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