$30M Punitive Verdict Would Be a “True Punishment” in Tobacco Cancer Suit, Says Plaintiff’s Attorney

Alex Alvarez tells jurors that imposing a $30 million total punitive verdict against Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds would be an appropriate punishment for their concealment of smoking’s health dangers that Alvarez says led to smoker Paul Pollari’s fatal lung cancer. Alvarez represents Rose Pollari, who won a $10 million compensatory verdict against the tobacco manufacturers in the first phase of her Engle progeny suit.