Florida Jury Awards $16M To Dead Smoker’s Widow And Son

(June 14, 2024, 1:46 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Florida state court jury in a June 13 Phase 2 verdict awarded $10 million in punitive damages against a tobacco company, which will be added to its previous compensatory damages award of $6 million, for causing a smoker’s addiction to nicotine and death from lung cancer. VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....