Big Tobacco has been whittling away jury awards to dying smokers and their survivors by wielding Florida’s offer of judgment law.
Erskin Donal Ward won $1.7 million in punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds, plus $487,000 against Reynolds and the Liggett Group, on behalf of his late wife Mattie Emma Ward. The trial judge also awarded him $1.45 million for fees and costs to be paid by the cigarette companies.
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