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Tobacco Takes Another Hit – Punitives Awarded in Case Arising from a Person Who Started in Te

  • Writer: Kirk Hartley
    Kirk Hartley
  • Aug 6, 2013
  • 1 min read

Another Florida verdict against big tobacco, with a $ 22 million award of punitive damages. The claims involved a woman who started smoking in her teens and died at 38. The plaintiff’s evidence is said to have focused on big tobacco targeting teens. Here is an article with several links to other articles with additional specifics.

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Since becoming a lawyer in 1983, Kirk’s 35+ years of practice have focused on advising a wide range of corporations, associations, and individuals (as both plaintiffs and defendants) on both tort and commercial law issues centered around “mass torts.”

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