Source: Richard Craver, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 9/21/18


The Florida Supreme Court overturned Thursday a legal victory for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in an Engle progeny case, reinstating $18.5 million in damages. Reynolds declined to comment Friday on the ruling.
In June 2014, a Palm Beach County jury awarded $6 million in compensatory damages and $14 million in punitive damages to plaintiff Gwendolyn Odom.

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