( September 15, 2025, 2:01 PM EDT) -- HILO, Hawaii — Three tobacco companies facing a personal injury lawsuit filed in Hawaii state court against them and local retailers by a smoker with lung cancer moved to strike the plaintiff’s prayer for punitive damages, which they say is barred by the doctrine of res judicata based on Hawaii’s entry into the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), and her fraud-based claims for lack of specificity....