Florida jury awards record $23 billion against RJ Reynolds

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Florida jury awards record $23 billion against RJ Reynolds

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/florida-jury-awards-23-billion-punitive-damages-against-001200294--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nMzSqN2OZOIX8Nx9O72NDQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-19T223205Z_1_LYNXMPEA6I0CV_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An R.J. Reynolds sign seen outside cigarette manufacturing facility in Tobaccoville" align="left" title="An R.J. Reynolds sign seen outside cigarette manufacturing facility in Tobaccoville" border="0" /></a>By Barbara Liston ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida jury has awarded the widow of a chain smoker who died of lung cancer 18 years ago record punitive damages of more than $23 billion in her lawsuit against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the nation's second-biggest cigarette maker. The judgment, returned on Friday night, was the largest in Florida history in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a single plaintiff, according to Ryan Julison, a spokesman for the woman's lawyer, Chris Chestnut. Cynthia Robinson of the Florida Panhandle city of Pensacola sued the cigarette maker in 2008 over the death of her husband, Michael Johnson, claiming the company conspired to conceal the health dangers and addictive nature of its products.</p><br clear="all"/>

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