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: Bodily Injury BlogJury Rules Against Tobacco Co. in Cancer Lawsuit
By Edward Bills
A Florida jury voted yesterday to award $43.6 million to the widow of a man who died from lung cancer caused by cigarettes made by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Smokers and their families have won 13 of 15 verdicts in Florida since 2006, when the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of individual smoker lawsuits. The jurors awarded $10.8 million in compensatory damages plus $80 million in punitive damages; R.J. Reynolds will pay 51 percent of those damages.
Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on April 22, 2010 (boomark / email).
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