On Sunday, July 20, 2014 11:26:41 AM UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:
I�m sure the jury award will be reduced, but it does send an interesting

message to the purveyors of cancer:



US Jury Orders Tobacco Firm to Pay Billions to Widow





A jury in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida has ordered the

country's second largest cigarette maker to pay $23.6 billion to the

widow of a longtime chain smoker who died of lung cancer at age 36.



The jury also ordered the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to pay $16.8

million in compensatory damages.



Cynthia Robinson sued Reynolds in 2008 on behalf of her late husband,

Michael Johnson. She claimed the company conspired to conceal the

health dangers and addictive nature of its products. Johnson had smoked

for more than 20 years, beginning when he was about 13 years old and his

widow said he had tried several times to quit.



Reynolds plans to appeal the court decision.



A lawyer for the cigarette maker said the size of the landmark award

went "far beyond the realm of reasonableness and fairness."





http://www.voanews.com/content/us-ju...w/1961319.html





Smoking=Stupid

krause = stupid