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• $15 Million Awarded To Family Of Woman Who Died After Years Of Smoking 

A jury's award of 15 (m) million dollars in punitive damages to the family of a woman who died after decades of smoking has been restored. The punitive damages were restored in an order filed Friday by the same federal judge who had earlier disallowed the punitive award.

U-S District Judge James M- Moody also denied a request from the defendant, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company, for a directed judgment in the company's favor, or a new trial.

On May 23rd, a federal jury in Little Rock ruled that Brown & Williamson should pay $4.25 million in actual damages plus $15 million in punitive damages. . . .

After the judgment was rendered, Brown and Williamson asked Moody to strike the punitive damages, and he did so on July Second. The plaintiffs asked him to reconsider, and he did so Friday, reversing himself.

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