Mealey's (October 3, 2022, 3:03 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — The son of a smoker who died in 2002 after contracting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has moved for an award of costs and attorney fees after winning a jury verdict of $6 million in compensatory damages against a tobacco company, writing that costs and fees are merited because the company declined his offer before trial to settle all claims in the case for $375,000....