Jury Orders Tobacco Company To Pay Dead Smoker’s Family $1B In Punitive Damages

Mealey's (September 19, 2022, 3:57 PM EDT) -- LOWELL, Mass. — A Massachusetts state court jury on Sept. 19 awarded $1 billion in punitive damages plus approximately $8 million in compensatory damages to the family of a woman who died in 2017 from lung cancer caused by smoking after finding that a tobacco company’s conduct caused her death. VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....