A smoker who won $8 million against a tobacco company in May, the first such jury award in New England, has been awarded $4 million in punitives and stands to get millions more in interest.
January 03, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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A Connecticut smoker who won $8 million against a tobacco company in May, the first such jury award in New England, has been awarded $4 million in punitive damages and stands to get millions more in interest.
Barbara Izzarelli, a Norwich resident who developed larynx cancer, won the jury award against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. after a two-week trial, but the Bridgeport panel left the amount of punitive damages up to the judge.
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