$500,000 Verdict Against Tobacco Maker Upheld by Florida Court of Appeals
Lawyers USA › November 14, 2007
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The Florida Court of Appeal has upheld a $500,000 jury award against Liggett Group to a longtime smoker diagnosed with lung cancer.
The court upheld Beverly Davis's product liability claim, but ruled that the tobacco maker was not negligent for continuing to manufacture cigarettes after it knew they were harmful.See the full content of this document
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$500,000 Verdict Against Tobacco Maker Upheld by Florida Court of Appeals
Davis had smoked cigarettes made by Liggett from 1951 to 1974, when she switched to a brand manufactured by another company. She sued Liggett in 2002, one year after she was diagnosed with lung cancer.
The trial co...See the full content of this document
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