Florida Jury Awards Relatively Modest Punitive Damages in Smoker Lawsuit

The Palm Beach Post News is reporting that the jury in Piendle v. RJ Reynolds (see previous post) has awarded $270,000 in punitive damages to go along with $2.2 million in compensatory damages. The defendants say they will appeal, but they have to be at least a little happy they didn't get whacked with an eight-digit or nine-digit punitive damages award, like those issued recently to other Florida smokers and their families.

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