A federal jury in Florida returned a verdict of more than $27 million against Philip Morris USA in an Engle-progeny case involving a woman who began smoking at age 14 (Berger v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014 BL 260610, M.D. Fla., 3:09-CV-14157, 9/19/14).
Final judgment of a jury verdict of $27,010,000.14 against Philip Morris USA Inc., with a punitive damages award totalling $20,760,000.14, was entered by Senior Judge James G. Carr of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida Sept. 19.
The suit is one of many cases that sprang from Engle v. Liggett Group Inc., 945 So. 2d 1246, Fla.
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