Jury Returns Defense Verdict In Smoker’s Widow’s Suit Against Tobacco Companies

Mealey's ( November 1, 2022, 9:28 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Florida jury rejected all claims brought in an Engle lawsuit by the widow of a dead smoker who immigrated from Cuba at age 37 and operated a grocery store in Miami, after tobacco companies argued at trial that the smoker’s addiction to cigarettes was developed while he lived in Cuba and wasn’t influenced by any tobacco company statements or advertisements....

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