$23.6 billion
Amount awarded by a Pensacola, Fla., jury last week to Cynthia Robinson. The jury determined that the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, through its negligence in informing consumers of the dangers of tobacco, caused the death of Robinson's husband, Michael Johnson, a chain smoker who died of lung cancer at the age of 36.
Amount awarded by a Pensacola, Fla., jury last week to Cynthia Robinson. The jury determined that the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, through its negligence in informing consumers of the dangers of tobacco, caused the death of Robinson's husband, Michael Johnson, a chain smoker who died of lung cancer at the age of 36.
