Category: Engle progeny cases

MILLION DOLLAR VERDICT – Florida Jury – $300 Million in Damages for Ex-Smoker

BROWARD COUNTY – A Broward County jury recently ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker who is wheelchair-bound due to emphysema. The Broward Circuit Court jury assessed $56.6 million in past and future medical expenses against the company as well as $244 million in punitive damages….