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UPDATE 2-Jury orders Brown & Williamson to pay $22 mln 

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Jump to full article: Reuters, 2005-02-02

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A jury in Independence, Missouri on Wednesday ordered Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. to pay $22 million to the family of a 73-year-old woman who died of lung and heart disease after smoking Kools for 58 years.

Ken McClain, attorney for the woman's family, said the panel made the award after finding Brown & Williamson, a unit of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , liable for 25 percent of the illness that led to Barbara Smith's death in 2000.

"We demonstrated the company had lied for years and continued to lie in court," McClain said.

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