FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP – The jury that decided a 40-year chain-smoker was helplessly addicted to nicotine must now decide whether tobacco giant Philip Morris owes his family potentially millions of dollars for his death from lung cancer.
The next phase of the closely-watched lawsuit filed by the man’s widow, Elaine Hess, starts Friday in Broward County Circuit Court. Hess’ lawyers plan to argue that Stuart Hess became hooked on cigarettes because of deceptive practices by Philip Morris that hid the dangers of smoking.
