Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Philip Morris ordered to pay $13.8M to smoker's daughter.

The New York Times /AP (8/25, B2) reports, "A jury on Monday ruled that Philip Morris USA should pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to the daughter of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer. The jury, in Los Angeles Superior Court, voted 9-3 in favor of Jodie Bullock. Her mother, Betty Bullock, died of lung cancer in February 2003."

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