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Naugle v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Naugle v. Philip Morris was a landmark 2009 court case in which a jury awarded the plaintiff Lucinda Naugle $300 million. The award included $56.6 million in compensatory damages for medical expenses and $244 million in punitive damages.〔〔 At the time, the verdict was the largest award given to an individual suing a tobacco company, and was featured on NBC, ABC, and ''The New York Times''.〔 In 2012, the verdict amount for punitive damages was reduced to $36.8 million.
==Background==
In 1968, Lucinda Naugle, an office manager from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and sister of former Ft. Lauderdale mayor, Jim Naugle, began smoking at the age of 20. She quit when she was 45.〔 As a result of smoking, Naugle suffered from severe emphysema.〔
At trial, Naugle claimed Philip Morris directly concealed the fact that cigarettes were harmful to health and addictive.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jury Awards $300 Million to Former Smoker )〕 Philip Morris was also sued on the basis that the cigarettes manufactured and sold by the company were unreasonably dangerous.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cindy Naugle v. Philip Morris )〕 The case was an Engle-progeny case, resulting from the Engle v. Liggett class action suit in 2006, where the Florida Supreme Court upheld a jury’s finding that cigarettes were dangerous to health and addictive.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Friday is deadline for ailing smokers to sue Big Tobacco )〕
Naugle v. Phillip Morris was tried in Broward County Circuit Court, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and a verdict was returned by the jury on November 20, 2009. The plaintiff was represented by Robert W. Kelley of Kelley/Uustal PLC.〔
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