- Defense
- Philip Morris Tobacco Co
- Represented By:
- Webb, Dan (Winston & Strawn LLP)
- Defense
- Liggett Group Inc.
- Represented By:
- Ruiz, Maria (Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP)
- Defense
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Margot Putney, the decedent in this Engle-progeny tobacco trial, died in 1995. According to the plaintiff, and Ms. Putney's treating oncologist, Ms. Putney died from small-cell lung cancer caused by smoking.
According to the defense, Ms. Putney died of thyroid cancer, not lung cancer. The defense argued that Ms. Putney had neither symptoms of lung cancer, nor a mass in her lungs, and the metastasis suggested that the cancer probably started in the thyroid.
The jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages totaling more than $20M.
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Verdict to the Plaintiff's:
approx. 85K in medical/funeral costs
15M in compensatory damages
5M in punitive damages
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