( August 11, 2026, 1:38 PM EDT) -- HONOLULU — The Hawaii Supreme Court vacated a trial judge’s reduction of a $6 million compensatory damages award to a smoker with lung cancer by nearly half, writing that comparative fault should not have applied after the jury found a tobacco company liable for an intentional tort, and affirmed that the jury’s $8 million punitive damages award was not precluded by the state’s entry into the master settlement agreement (MSA)....