Florida Jury Awards Family $34.6 Million For Former Smoker's Lung Cancer Death

(September 15, 2015, 10:43 AM EDT) -- PENSACOLA, Fla. — A Florida jury on Sept. 11 awarded the family of a 50-year-old man who died of lung cancer $34,697,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, apportioning the liability between him and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Colette O'Hara v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2007-CA-003065, Fla., 1st Jud. Circuit, Escambia Co.)....

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