Florida Jury Awards Smoker’s Daughters $9.3M After Retrial

(June 5, 2024, 2:31 PM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida state court jury awarded more than $9.3 million to the three daughters of an addicted smoker who died after contracting coronary artery disease (CAD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), one decade after an earlier verdict for one-third of the damages against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR) was set aside by the trial judge. VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....