Following Phase 2, Florida Jury Awards $3.75M In Tobacco Trial

Mealey's (May 16, 2019, 2:06 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida jury on May 14 awarded $500,000 in damages in a wrongful death action against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. maintained by two adult children of a Florida woman who died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); two days later, on May 16, plaintiffs in the case were awarded $3.25 million in punitive damages (Jannice Durrance Jones, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2008-CA-009036, Fla. 13th Jud. Cir., Hillsborough Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....