Massachusetts Jury Awards Smoker’s Family $17.5M In Wrongful Death Case

(June 12, 2019, 7:28 AM EDT) -- LOWELL, Mass. — A Massachusetts jury awarded the family of a 58-year-old longtime smoker who died from lung cancer $6.31 million in compensatory damages on May 30 and $11,275,000 in punitive damages on May 31 in a wrongful death action against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (James Coyne v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 1681CV00266, Mass. Super., Middlesex Co.).  VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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