$24 Million Awarded To Wife, Daughter Of Deceased Smoker

(February 21, 2018, 2:18 PM EST) -- DADE CITY, Fla. — A jury in Florida state court on Feb. 20 awarded a family of a deceased smoker $15 million in punitive damages in an Engle progeny suit bringing the total award to $24 million in a suit where they claimed that smoking was the cause of a man’s lung cancer and death (Rosemarie Graffeo v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2016CA000233, Fla. Cir., 6th Jud., Pasco Co.) VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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