Injury caused by cell phone use yields $22 million verdict 
A Texas jury has awarded more than $22 million to a woman injured when her car was broadsided by a station wagon driven by a Coca-Cola marketing employee talking on her cell phone. Thomas J. Henry, one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, attributed the jury’s verdict to the broader public safety issue.
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