dailymail.co.uk – 21 de Julio 2014 – EEUU

American widow wins $23.6 billion tobacco payout

Widow of chain smoker wins $23.6BILLION in damages from tobacco company she sued over his death

The case is one of thousands filed in Florida after the state Supreme Court in 2006 tossed out a $145 billion class action verdict

The damages were awarded Friday to Cynthia Robinson, whose husband died of lung cancer

Reynolds' vice president and assistant general counsel, J. Jeffery Raborn, called the damages in Robinson's case 'grossly excessive and impermissible under state and constitutional law'

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