Howard Engle dies at 89; lifelong smoker filed landmark suit against tobacco companies
Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 02:07
in Mathematics & Economics
His class-action lawsuit in Florida yielded a $145-billion judgment for other smokers and himself. It was the largest punitive damages award in U.S. history. Dr. Howard Engle, a Florida pediatrician and lifelong smoker whose tobacco lawsuit resulted in the largest punitive damage award in U.S. history, died Wednesday at his home in Miami Beach. He was 89.