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Proven verdicts and settlements won by Bernheim Kelley, LLC

$200 millionVerdict

A Suffolk County jury awarded $200 million in October 2023 -- the largest wrongful death award in Boston history -- against R.J. Reynolds for the lung cancer death of Rita Jones, who first received free Newport cigarettes as a teenager in 1964.

Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$21 millionVerdict

A Boston jury awarded $21 million to the widow of a Lynn man who died of lung cancer after taking up smoking at 13, when a salesman handed him a free pack of Marlboros, with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirming the verdict in full in 2021.

Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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The Higgins Firm
The Higgins Firm
$347,134 · Davidson County Jury Awards $347,134 After Nursing Home Fails to Give Diabetic Resident Her Insulin

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