From The Oregonian: "A divided Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday issued a split decision in a landmark tobacco lawsuit, upholding a jury award of $168,514 in compensatory damages against cigarette maker Philip Morris but reversing $100 million in punitive damages."
In an unrelated California decision, however, the company's bid to reduce a punitive damage award in the case of Bullock v. Philip Morris (which had already been reduced from $28 billion to $28 million) was rejected Wednesday by the Second District Court of Appeal panel. That decision is here.
Hat tip to the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog.
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