Source: Richard Craver, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 2/6/18


A Florida jury Tuesday handed R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. its largest current punitive damages liability of $27 million for an Engle progeny case. Engle progeny lawsuits sprang from a decision in 2006 by the Florida Supreme Court that decertified a $145 billion class-action lawsuit initially filed by Howard Engle. The ruling limits former class members to filing individual lawsuits stating that cigarettes caused their respective illnesses.

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