Jury Awards $4 Million In Engle Progeny Suit To Woman With COPD

Mealey's (November 15, 2016, 10:32 AM EST) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida state court jury on Nov. 14 awarded $4 million to a woman who developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) after finding that she developed the disease by smoking cigarettes made by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA Inc. (Mary Howles v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 2007-CV-034919, Fla. Cir., 17th Jud., Broward Co.)....

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