I hate cigerettes , but ................

[scarlett~nc]

is a person not responsible at all for something they do ...age 36 ...he knew they were not good for you ..I certainly did and do...and, they were married 6 long years ..

she's now a billionaire 26 billion dollars

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.1873481

[GFB]

Insane

The widow should be hit with the fine..for stupidity.

[BillB]

She won't collect it. These absurd verdicts are always set aside on appeal.

[Bob Of Burleson]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco company hit
with $23.6 billion ruling in damages
from lawsuit brought
by chain smoker's widow

BY Larry Mcshane
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco company was whacked with a staggering $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit brought by the widow of a chain smoker killed by lung cancer in 1996.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco company was whacked with a staggering $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit brought by the widow of a chain smoker killed by lung cancer in 1996.

A Pensacola jury also awarded Cynthia Robinson another $16.8 million in compensatory damages Friday, following a four-week trial that left a top Reynolds executive burning mad.

“This verdict goes far beyond the realm of reasonableness and fairness, and is completely inconsistent with the evidence presented,” said company vice president and assistant general counsel J. Jeffrey Raborn.

He vowed to appeal the “runaway verdict” that Robinson’s legal team said was the largest wrongful death payout for a single plaintiff in Florida history.

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[BigTex]

Regardless of whether a suit has merit, anybody can sue for anything they want.

The jury wanted to make a statement - well isn't that special.

[LibraryLady]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco company was whacked with a staggering $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit brought by the widow of a chain smoker killed by lung cancer in 1996.

EVERYONE knew in 1996 that cigarettes were killers.
I'd have not been in favor of this verdict.