Tobacco Lawsuits

Eddie Farah

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Florida lawsuits against tobacco companies for injured smoker's takes a major turn in favor for tobacco companies. Recently the Florida Supreme Court dismissed a $145 billion verdict for punitive damages stating the verdict was excessive.

The Supreme Court also approved an appellate court ruling that it had been a mistake to certify a class-action lawsuit representing an estimated 300,000 to 700,000 ill Floridians that resulted in the huge jury award for punitive damages in 2000

companies had negligently misled the public regarding the dangers and addictive nature

However the courts reinstated $2.85 million award to cancer stricken smokers, Mary Farnan and a $4.023 million award to Angie Della Vecchia, who started smoking at age 11 and died in 1999. The Courts did not restore Frank Amondeo's the $5.8 million award on the basis it fell outside the statute of limitation.

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