A litigator with several years’ worth of experience arguing Engle progeny cases secured a $2.4 million dollar verdict against Philip Morris USA Inc. in a case alleging fraud and conspiracy.

William “Bill” Wichmann, a Fort Lauderdale-based trial lawyer, argued on behalf of plaintiff Brenda Chadwell in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. His client’s late husband, James, died at age 31 in November 1993 after being diagnosed with lung cancer about one year earlier.