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Smoker’s Lawsuit Results in $300M Verdict Against Tobacco Company
In what is believed to be the largest single plaintiff award to date against a tobacco company, a Florida jury awarded $300 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a former smoker who filed a lawsuit against Philip Morris USA over her emphysema.
Tobacco Lawsuit Results in $13.8M Punitive Damages Against Philip Morris
A California jury has awarded nearly $14 million in punitive damages against Philip Morris USA to the daughter of a woman who died after a lifetime of smoking.
Florida Tobacco Lawsuit Results in $8 Million Verdict for Family of Smoker
A Florida jury awarded $8 million in damages to the family of a chain smoker who died from lung cancer in 1997. This is the first of thousands of Florida tobacco lawsuits to go to trial since the state Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that each case brought by a smoker or their family [...]
