Civil Rights
Jury Says Philip Morris Must Pay $300M to Longtime Smoker
Posted Nov 20, 2009, 03:15 pm CST
By Martha Neil
A jury in South Florida says Philip Morris USA must pay $300 million, including $244 million in punitive damages, to a 25-year Benson & Hedges smoker who argued that the cigarette company committed fraud by concealing the dangers of smoking from her.
Lawyers for Lucinda "Cindy" Naugle, who is a sister of a former Fort Lauderdale mayor, said she started smoking in 1968 at age 20 to look older and more sophisticated. But, even though she quit 25 years later, they told the jury, she now has emphysema, reports the Sun-Sentinel. At age 60, she has trouble performing simple tasks, sometimes uses a wheelchair and constantly has the sensation of drowning, her counsel argued.
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