Carter, 70, who lost a lung to cancer, received a $750,000 jury award in his case against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. This week, he received $1,087,191, representing full payment plus interest.

"Brown & Williamson paid $750,000, but I paid with a lung," said Carter, of Jacksonville, Fla. The jury ruled that the cigarettes were defective and the company was negligent for not warning people of the dangers of smoking cigarettes.

The Florida Supreme Court rejected Brown & Williamson's appeal to delay paying Carter until the company files a new appeal. Company spokesman Mark Smith said Brown & Williamson would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Our suggestion to [Carter's] attorney Norwood Wilner is don't go out and spend the money," Smith said.

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