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Amount awarded on Nov. 15 by a jury in Bronson, Fla., to the daughter of James Cayce Horner, a smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996. The jury found that Horner was 10% responsible for his death and that the defendant, R.J. Reynolds, was 90% at fault; $72 million of the award was in punitive damages. [via Wall Street Journal]
Aimee Copeland, who has endured several amputations after developing a rare flesh-eating condition called necrotizing fasciitis, is now breathing without the aid of a ventilator.
An unusually harsh prison sentence handed down to the drug-addicted son of actor Michael Douglas has prompted addiction experts to indict the courts for ignoring the treatment needs of inmates.
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
