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92-year-old tobacco plaintiff wins $5.3 million (access required)

By Correy E. Stephenson
Staff writer
Published: August 20, 2009

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In the latest individual tobacco case to make it to trial in Florida, a six-person jury in Ft. Lauderdale awarded a 92-year-old man $5.3 million for his wife’s death from smoking. The case was the eighth Engle case to make it to trial, and the sixth victory for the plaintiffs. Shirley Barbanell died as a result ...
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