US Jury Awards $13.8m To Smoker's Daughter

A US jury has awarded a tobacco company to pay $13.8 million to Jodie Bullock, the daughter of a woman who died of lung cancer at the age of 64 and who had been a smoker for 47 years. The jury panel voted 9 to 3 in favour of the award, reported the Associated Press. At least one of the three jurors who voted against the award wanted the company to pay more, while others said the 13.