Three cheers for legendary Stuart, Florida trial lawyer Willie Gary! He just won a $23.6 billion tobacco products liability verdict against R.J. Reynolds. Mr. Gary spoke here in St. Augustine at an ACCORD luncheon in 2011.
His $23.6 jury verdict was more than twice the ad damnum clause in a bogus harassing SLAPP libel lawsuit that R.J. Reynolds filed two decades ago against investigative reporter Walt Bogdanich for libel ($10 billion lawsuit).
Mr. Bogdanich, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is the hero who nailed our corrupt Sheriff, State's Attorney and Medical Examiner on the Michelle O'Connell shooting case, earning an Emmy nomination for PBS on his work at The New York Times. See Mr. Bogdanich talk about Big Tobacco here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGEIftdKwpA
Justice has been done. Of course, R.J. Reynolds will appeal immediately. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/business/jury-awards-23-6-billion-in-florida-smoking-case.html
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