Courtesy photo$16.2 Million Awarded to Late Smoker's Estate
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco was found liable for a design defect in the smoker's death from lung cancer.
April 29, 2019 at 01:28 PM
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PRODUCTS LIABILITY
ORANGE CIRCUIT COURT
A jury awarded $16 million in punitive damages on top of $300,000 in compensatory damages to the estate of a smoker who died from lung cancer. The compensatory damages were reduced to $150,000 due to a finding of 50 percent comparative negligence by the deceased.
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