Defense Verdict in Gelep Tobacco Case in Florida

More as details unfold...  Gelep is one of the post-Engle individual-plaintiff cases.

UPDATE #1- Here's the press release from Altria on today's verdict in Gelep.  For context, here's Altria's press release on the prior Hess verdict in Florida that went against Altria.  Here are also links to two recent articles by me that discuss Engle and prior Florida tobacco litigation: Jackpot Justice: Verdict Variability and The Mass Tort Class Action, Temple. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2009); Another Jackpot (In)Justice: Verdict Variability and Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts, Pepp. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2009). 

UPDATE #2 -- I can't resist an online congratulations to Rachael Weinfeld, a former research assistant of mine at Southwestern Law School who joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon after graduation last year and served on the Gelep trial team for Altria.  Putting aside for a moment the merits of the lawsuit here -- a professor is always happy to see exceptional students leave the nest and take flight, and Rachael has certainly done so. 

BGS