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$90,000,000 - Tobacco Litigation Verdict
In April 2010, Keith Mitnik obtained a $90 million verdict for damages in a lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
$40,000,000 - Tobacco Litigation Verdict
Attorney Keith Mitnik recovers a $40 million tobacco litigation verdict for the husband and daughter of a woman who died after smoking two packs of cigarettes a day for 36 years.
$18,800,000 - Motorcycle Crash Verdict
In January 2011, Keith Mitnik obtained an $18.8 million verdict on behalf of a motorcyclist who was rendered a paraplegic when a car pulled out in front of him.
$12,200,000 - Auto Crash Verdict
In February 2009, Keith Mitnik obtained a $12.2 million verdict for a 15-year-old girl who was involved in a rear end car accident and suffered paralysis from the waist down.
$1,350,000 - Motorcycle Crash Verdict
In May 2010, Keith Mitnik obtained a $1.35 million verdict on behalf of an unhelmeted motorcyclist who suffered a closed head injury after colliding with the rear of a SUV that changed lanes in front of him.
Anika Myers Palm - Orlando Sentinel - April 22, 2010 Back to News
An Ocala woman who wanted tobacco companies to bear some of the responsibility for her husband's death from lung cancer was awarded $90 million on Wednesday by an Alachua County jury.
The jury said R.J. Reynolds Tobacco should pay $80 million in punitive damages and $10.8 million in compensatory damages to Lyantie Townsend for the 1995 death of her husband, Frank, from lung cancer.
"We're here to hold them accountable for their part" in his death, said Orlando attorney Keith Mitnik, who represented Townsend.
Jurors determined that Frank Townsend's cigarette habit was 49 percent responsible for his death and Reynolds bore 51 percent of the responsibility. That means Reynolds should pay $45 million to Townsend, jurors said.
The verdict is largest ever awarded by an Alachua jury, Mitnik said. It is also the largest awarded to a Floridian since the Florida Supreme Court allowed smokers and their families to file individual suits against tobacco companies in 2006.
The tobacco company is expected to appeal the jury's decision.