Wrongful Death Lawsuits Leads to $20 Million Award

A wrongful death lawsuit  has lead a Florida jury to award $20 million to the widow of a man who died of lung cancer  after smoking Kent brand cigarettes from Lorillard Tobacco Co. for 40 years. According to Law360  (subscription required), the jury found that Lorillard was negligent and its cigarettes were defective and unreasonably dangerous, which contributed to Coleman Alexander’s