Mealey's ( July 28, 2015, 4:50 PM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Trial got under way with opening statements on July 22 in a suit alleging that a woman’s death from lung cancer was caused by her 52 years of smoking cigarettes manufactured by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Lillian Kaplan v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. , No. 08-19469, Fla. 17th Jud. Cir. , Broward Co. ). . . .