Cynthia Robinson who is widow of a chain smoker Michael Johnson who died of lung cancer has been awarded more than over KSh.2 trillion by one of America's leading cigarette manufacturers R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.
Cynthia sued the cigarette maker in 2008 over the death of her husband Johnson, a hotel shuttle bus driver died of lung cancer in 1996 at age 36.
Johnson had smoked one to three packs of cigarettes a day for more than 20 years having started the habit when he was a teen of 13 years.
After a one month trial and 11 hours of jury deliberations, a jury in Pensacola, Florida in the United States granted KSh 640 million compensation to the widow and the couple’s child, and KSh 842 million to Johnson’s son from an earlier relationship.
Source: capitalfm.co.ke
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Source: capitalfm.co.ke