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RJ Reynolds Avoids Punitive Damages Bid In Engle Case
Law360, Miami (December 16, 2020, 5:38 PM EST) A Florida appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court s ruling denying a smoker s widow bid for punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds, saying she failed to present sufficient evidence tying misconduct by the tobacco company to her product liability claims and her husband s illness and death.
This marks the second time the Third District has weighed in on the case brought by Joyce Hardin, who won a 2015 jury verdict holding R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. liable for her husband s cigarette addiction, illness and 2012 death but only $100,800 in damages, far short of the $20 million she sought.