May 23, 2013

Jury Awards $71 Million to Estate of Black Newport Cigarette Cancer Victim

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*A Massachusetts jury has ruled the Lorillard Tobacco Co. tried to entice black children to become smokers by handing out free cigarettes and has awarded $71 million in compensatory damages to the estate and son of a woman who died of lung cancer. The Suffolk Superior Court jury announced its verdict Tuesday after hearing weeks [...]