Mealey's (February 8, 2019, 2:34 PM EST) -- GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Almost six months after a jury deadlocked on the amount of punitive damages owed by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to the widow of a smoker, a new jury empaneled in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court for Alachua County, Fla., on Feb. 7 awarded her $13.5 million (Frances Bessent-Dixon v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2015-CA-002554, Fla. Cir., Alachua Co., 8th Jud. Dist.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....