British American Tobacco Plc (BTI) said the Brazilian Superior Justice Court denied the claim for indemnification for moral damages brought against the cigarette manufacturer Souza Cruz S/A, which is the Brazilian branch of BAT, by family members of ex-smoker Vitorino Mattiazzi, in the estimated amount of R$490,000.
The case traces back to 2005 when a widow of Vitorino Mattiazzi filed a lawsuit alleging that her husband had been induced by misleading advertising and had died from respiratory illnesses which the widow attributed, exclusively, to the consumption of cigarettes manufactured by Souza Cruz.
As redress, she claimed indemnification for moral damages in an amount greater than 2,000 minimum salaries.
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