Smoker Wasn’t Warned Of Addiction Risks, Jury Told In Engle Trial

(January 25, 2023, 4:46 PM EST) -- MIAMI — The son of a dead smoker suing a tobacco company told a Florida state court jury during opening arguments that his mother wasn’t warned about the risk of addiction to cigarettes that caused her to smoke until she contracted chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), while the tobacco company’s lawyer said the smoker does not qualify as an Engle class member.  VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....