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A San Francisco jury on Wednesday returned a $250,000 punitive damage verdict against R.J. Reynolds for fraud and negligence -- a stark contrast to the more than $21 million won seven years ago for the same plaintiff, who died at age 40 after developing lung cancer. Said attorney Madelyn Chaber of Wednesday's verdict, "It needed at least another comma and a few more zeroes."