Jury Awards Record Damages in Smoker Lawsuit
A jury awarded more than $300 million in damages Thursday to an ex-smoker who is now confined to a wheelchair because of emphysema. In the verdict, the Florida jury ordered Philip Morris to pay Cindy Naugle, 61, $56.6 million in damages for medical expenses and $244 million in punitive damages. The case is one of about 8,000 so-called Engle progeny cases and is the largest verdict against tobacco companies thus far.

