Post by Logan on Apr 5, 2016 23:39:10 GMT -6
Jury delivers $44.4 million verdict against Jacksonville-based Swisher
A California jury ordered Jacksonville’s Swisher International to pay $44.4 million to a company it was making cigars for.
Trendsettah USA had filed suit against Swisher, the world’s largest cigar maker, accusing the company of unfair business practices.
According to the lawsuit, the two companies entered a contract in 2011 under which Swisher would make cigarillos, a small cigar, which Trendsettah would sell under the name Splitarillos.
Swisher’s 16th Street factory in Jacksonville is the world’s largest cigar maker, producing 1.6 billion a year, said Mark Poe, who represented Trendsettah for San Francisco-based law firm Gaw|Poe.
Splitarillos are identical to Swisher’s own Swisher Sweets, Poe said.
Read more: jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-04-04/story/jury-delivers-444-million-verdict-against-jacksonville-based-swisher#
A California jury ordered Jacksonville’s Swisher International to pay $44.4 million to a company it was making cigars for.
Trendsettah USA had filed suit against Swisher, the world’s largest cigar maker, accusing the company of unfair business practices.
According to the lawsuit, the two companies entered a contract in 2011 under which Swisher would make cigarillos, a small cigar, which Trendsettah would sell under the name Splitarillos.
Swisher’s 16th Street factory in Jacksonville is the world’s largest cigar maker, producing 1.6 billion a year, said Mark Poe, who represented Trendsettah for San Francisco-based law firm Gaw|Poe.
Splitarillos are identical to Swisher’s own Swisher Sweets, Poe said.
Read more: jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-04-04/story/jury-delivers-444-million-verdict-against-jacksonville-based-swisher#