Law Practice
May 11, 2007
Tobacco Retrial Nets Smaller Award
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Superior Court jury awarded $250,000 in punitive damages Wednesday to the family of a smoker who died of cancer, a fraction of the $20 million in punitive damages originally awarded in the first trial against two tobacco companies.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Superior Court jury awarded $250,000 in punitive damages Wednesday to the family of a smoker who died of cancer, a fraction of the $20 million in punitive damages originally awarded in the first trial against two tobacco companies.
Last week, the jury recommended that Leslie Whiteley's husband and family receive $...
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