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MIAMI — Concluding a jury was moved by emotion rather than evidence, a judge Wed nesday reduced $300 million in damages awarded to a Florida smoker against Philip Morris USA to nearly $39 million.
Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld ruled jurors in November granted Cindy Naugle, 61, a “grossly excessive” amount of punitive and noneconomic damages. Naugle, a longtime Benson & Hedges smoker, has advanced emphysema, cannot breathe without an oxygen bottle and needs a lung transplant, according to trial testimony.
