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Product Liability

Mar. 22, 2003

Smoking Verdict Survives Immunity

SAN FRANCISCO - In the first test of the state's new tobacco liability laws, a San Francisco appeal court has affirmed a $26.5 million damage verdict against Philip Morris USA.

By Tyler Cunningham
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - In the first test of the state's new tobacco liability laws, a San Francisco appeal court has affirmed a $26.5 million damage verdict against Philip Morris USA.
        The state Supreme Court redefined the rules of tobacco litigation last...

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