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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:citation
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945 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 2006)
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gptkbp:class
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true
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gptkbp:classCertified
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1996
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gptkbp:classDecertified
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2006
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gptkbp:date
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2006
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:R.J._Reynolds_Tobacco_Company
gptkb:Lorillard_Tobacco_Company
gptkb:Brown_&_Williamson_Tobacco_Corporation
Philip Morris Inc.
Liggett Group Inc.
The American Tobacco Company
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gptkbp:defendantType
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tobacco companies
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gptkbp:engleFindings
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general causation, addiction, and misconduct by tobacco companies
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gptkbp:engleProgeny
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subsequent individual lawsuits based on Engle findings
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gptkbp:fullName
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Engle, et al. v. Liggett Group Inc., et al.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Engle v. Liggett Group
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gptkbp:impact
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led to thousands of individual lawsuits in Florida
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:Florida_Third_District_Court_of_Appeal
gptkb:Florida_Supreme_Court
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gptkbp:jurisdiction
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gptkb:Florida
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gptkbp:notableFor
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largest punitive damages award in U.S. history (at the time)
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gptkbp:numberOfIssues
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compensatory damages
punitive damages
liability of tobacco companies for health effects
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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Howard Engle
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gptkbp:plaintiffType
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smokers and their families
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gptkbp:predecessor
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Engle progeny cases
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gptkbp:punitiveDamagesAwarded
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$145 billion
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gptkbp:punitiveDamagesAwardedDate
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2000
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gptkbp:punitiveDamagesReversed
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2003
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gptkbp:requires
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gptkb:fraud
gptkb:conspiracy
negligence
product liability
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gptkbp:result
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class decertified, but findings allowed for individual suits
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gptkbp:subject
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tobacco litigation
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gptkbp:verdict
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against tobacco companies
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Philip_Morris_tobacco_litigation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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