Widow Wins $800,000 Punitive Damage Award From Florida Jurors

Mealey's (April 15, 2019, 3:18 PM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Following a December 2017 decision by Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal that ordered a trial on punitive damages, the widow of a smoker on March 19 was awarded $800,000 in an Engle progeny case (Bernice McCall v. Philip Morris USA Inc., No. 2007-CV-036888, Fla. 17th Jud. Cir., Broward Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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