Breaking News English

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKA court in the USA has [ordered / arranged] the tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds to pay a woman $23.6 billion [in / on] damages. Cynthia Robinson filed a lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds in 2008 and fought for six years [of / for] compensation. Her husband Michael died [by / of] lung cancer in 1996 after two decades of smoking. He started smoking when he was 13 and [death / died] when he was 36. Mrs Robinson argued that the company was [negligent / negligence] in not informing her husband that nicotine is [addiction / addictive] and that smoking can lead to [lung / long] cancer. She said tobacco companies knew in the 1950s that smoking was potentially lethal and should have been more active [on / in] telling people. Johnson's lawyer said: "He couldn't quit. He was smoking the [day / days] he died."

A lawyer for R.J. Reynolds, America's second-largest tobacco company, said the compensation [was / were] disproportionate. He said: "The damages awarded [on / in] this case are grossly [excessive / excessively] and impermissible under state and constitutional law." He added: "This [viaduct / verdict] goes far beyond the realm of reasonableness and fairness and is completely [inconsistent / consistent] with the evidence presented." Mrs Robinson's lawyer Chris Chestnut said [jurors / jailers] looked at R.J. Reynolds' [aggressive / aggression] marketing, particularly campaigns [armed / aimed] at young people. He said: "R.J. Reynolds lied to Congress, they lied to the [private / public] , they lied to smokers and tried to blame the smoker." He added that the jury's decision was "[courageous / courage] ".