Product Liability
Sep. 27, 2003
Big Tobacco Judgment Slashed
SAN FRANCISCO - First it was $50 million. Then $25 million. Now $9 million. Punitive damages in a high-profile San Francisco tobacco case were further reduced late Thursday when a state appellate court ruled that the judgment was disproportionate to the $1.5 million in compensatory damages awarded by a jury in 1999.
Punitive damages in a high-profile San Francisco tobacco case were further reduced late Thursday when a state appellate...
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