At Retrial, Florida Tobacco Plaintiff Wins $500,000 Punitive Damage Award

Mealey's (June 18, 2018, 10:28 AM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The widow of a smoker who was awarded $4 million in compensatory damages in November 2014 won an additional $500,000 on June 15 following a new trial on her entitlement to seek punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Debra Perrotto, as personal representative of the estate of Nicholas Perrotto v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 502007CA023841XXXXMB, Fla. 15th Jud Cir., Palm Beach Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....