Florida Jury Awards $21.5 Million To Widow Of Smoker In Tobacco Suit

(November 14, 2016, 7:52 AM EST) -- SARASOTA, Fla. — A Florida jury on Nov. 3 awarded $14 million in punitive damages to a woman whose husband died from cancer caused by smoking, bringing the total amount of damages in the Engle progeny suit to more than $21 million (Barbara Johnston v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2014-CA-004023, Fla. 12th Jud. Cir., Sarasota Co.)....

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