A US court has ordered the country's second
largest cigarette company to pay $23.6 billion
(£13.8bn) to the wife of a smoker who died of
lung cancer.
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company was hit with
the punitive fine in addition to $16.8m
(£9.8m) in compensatory damages.
Cynthia Robinson took action against the firm
in 2008, seeking compensation for her
husband's death in 1996.An official at the
company said the court's verdict was "far
beyond the realm of reasonableness and
fairness".
During the four-week trial, lawyers for Ms
Robinson argued that RJ Reynolds was
negligent in informing consumers of the
dangers of consuming tobacco.
This negligence, the lawyers said, led to her
husband Michael Johnson Sr contracting lung
cancer from smoking after becoming
"addicted" and failing multiple attempts to
quit.
Those Naija people smoking back to
back,better keep the address of your cigarette
company..might come in handy......
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