Florida Jury Awards $1.6 Million To Plaintiff In Retrial Of Engle Progeny Lawsuit

(July 21, 2017, 12:13 PM EDT) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — In a retrial of an Engle progeny suit, a Florida jury on July 18 found that a woman’s lung cancer and death were caused by her addiction to cigarettes and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s failure to warn her about the dangers of smoking and awarded her husband $1.65 million (John Maloney v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 07-CA-015578, Fla. 20th Jud. Cir., Lee Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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