Personal Injury Law

Smoker awarded $300 million in personal injury lawsuit

The attorneys at Levin & Perconti recently read about a jury award in Lawyers & Settlements.com in a landmark personal injury lawsuit. Last week, a jury awarded a woman $300 million in a tobacco lawsuit. This is the largest single award to an individual who has filed a lawsuit against a tobacco company. It is expected to be appealed by the defendant Philip Morris.

The personal injury plaintiff was twenty years old when she started smoking and did not quit until she was 45 years old. Almost twenty years later, the plaintiff now suffers from emphysema and needs a lung transplant. The plaintiff hopes to receive the award after any possible appeal so that she can afford the lung transplant.

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog on November 25, 2009 (boomark / email).