Florida Jury Awards $2.5M In Compensatory Damages To Smoker’s Estate

(May 2, 2022, 3:43 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Florida jury on April 21 awarded $2.5 million in compensatory damages in an Engle wrongful death action against two tobacco companies brought by the estate of a smoker who died in 1993 from lung cancer, despite one tobacco company’s argument at closings that the smoker was not a Florida resident.  VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....