The jury in the United States decided to cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA to pay $ US13.8 million ($ 16.5 million) in punitive damages to the daughter of a long time smoker who died of lung cancer.
Betty Bullock, who died of lung cancer in February 2003, sued Philip Morris in April 2001, accusing the company of fraud and product liability.
In 2002, the jury recommended that Philip Morris to pay a record $ US28 billion of punitive damages in Bullock, but a judge later reduced the award to $ US28 million.
In 2008, 2 nd Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the decision of the jury and remanded the case to a new trial on punitive damages.
On Monday in Los Angeles Supreme Court jury delivered the verdict, with the panel voting 9-3 in favor of her daughter Jodie Bullock Bullock, who now is the plaintiff in this case.
Betty Bullock, who died at the age of 64, started smoking Marlboro cigarettes when she was 17, and then turned to the Benson & Hedges, as Philip Morris products.
Advocates argue, Philip Morris Betty Bullock could stop smoking at any time and the harmful effects of cigarettes were known smokers.
Original jury ordered tobacco companies to pay Bullock $ US750, 000 damages and $ US100, 000 for pain and suffering that the sentence remains in force.