PENSACOLA, Fla., July 19 (UPI) -- A Florida jury ruled Friday R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company must pay more than $23 billion in damages in one of the largest verdicts ever against a tobacco company.
The company must pay Cynthia Robinson, of Pensacola, more than $16 million in compensatory damages and $23 billion in punitive damages due to the death of her husband, Michael Johnson Sr.