Florida Jury Awards $34 Million To Estate Of Smoker In Engle Case

(April 17, 2024, 1:32 PM EDT) -- GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Florida state court jury issued a punitive damages award to the widow and two children of a dead smoker of nearly $26 million, bringing its total verdict in the smoker’s estate’s favor to more than $34 million after a second trial against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR) for causing the smoker’s death in his late 30s from smoking-related cancer that spread to his brain....