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Federal Judge Upholds $19.1 Million Jury Award In Largest Successful Tobacco Case In Middle America 

On September 26, 2003, Arkansas Federal Judge James M. Moody, upheld a landmark $19.1 million jury verdict in Boerner vs. Brown and Williamson. This was the second tobacco liability case that Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell & Matthews won against Brown and Williamson, the nation's third largest tobacco company.

Mary Jane Boerner died from lung cancer after smoking Pall Mall cigarettes for 36 years. Norwood "Woody" Wilner uncovered company documents showing that despite the fact Brown and Williamson knew nicotine was highly addictive and it had the technology to remove it, it did not.

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