Florida Jury Awards Widow Of Smoker $36 Million In Tobacco Suit

(October 31, 2017, 5:15 PM EDT) -- MELBOURNE, Fla. — A jury in Florida on Oct. 20 awarded a total of $36 million in damages in an Engle progeny suit in which a widow claimed that her husband was addicted to cigarettes made by two tobacco companies and that the addiction led to his lung cancer and death (Fontaine Wallace v. Philip Morris Inc., et al., No. 2014-CA-052862, Fla. 18th Jud. Cir. Brevard Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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