Legal Opinion
Thelma Aycock v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 16, 2014No. 13-14060PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILER, Circuit Judge:
Defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Reynolds) appeals the district court’s final judgment following a jury verdict awarding compensatory damages in the amount of $5.9 million to the plaintiff, Thelma Aycock (Thelma), for her “loss of support and services, loss of companionship and protection, and her mental pain and suffering, as a result of her husband’s lung cancer and death,” the legal cause of which was attributed to his addiction to smoking cigarettes manufactured by the defendant. Reynolds asks this court to reverse the judgment against it and order a new…
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- Gooding v. University Hosp. Bldg., Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1984
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