Tort Law

Jury Says Philip Morris Must Pay $300M to Longtime Smoker

By Martha Neil

Nov 20, 2009, 03:15 pm CST

A jury in South Florida says Philip Morris USA must pay $300 million, including $244 million in punitive damages, to a 25-year Benson & Hedges smoker who argued that the cigarette company committed fraud by concealing the dangers of smoking from her.

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