On Remand From Florida, Supreme Court, Tobacco Plaintiffs Win Punitives

(August 1, 2018, 12:47 PM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The adult children of a smoker who died in 1994 of lung cancer were awarded $300,000 in punitive damages on July 30, five years after winning a $6 million compensatory damages verdict in their case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Phil J. Marotta, as personal representative of the estate of Phil Felice Marotta, v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 07-36723, Fla. Cir., Broward Co., 17th Jud. Dist.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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