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Appeals court upholds $24.8 million award to smoker’s widow
Friday, March 19, 2010
Daily Business Review: A Florida appeals court has upheld an award of $24.8 million to the widow of a smoker who died of cancer after the trial. The products liability case was brought against cigarette makers Philip Morris USA, Brown & Williamson and Liggett Group. Jose Pagliery reports that under a Florida Supreme Court ruling, “juries are advised to accept that smoking causes cancer and other illnesses, cigarettes are addictive and tobacco companies defrauded consumers by misleading them.”
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