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Oct. 11, 2002

How Low Will Jury Award Go, Experts Wonder

LOS ANGELES - Legal experts just laugh when asked whether the $28 billion punitive damage award levied last week against Philip Morris will survive intact.

By Katherine Gaidos
Nevada Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Legal experts just laugh when asked whether the $28 billion punitive damage award levied last week against Philip Morris will survive intact.
        "There's no possible chance it will stand," Pepperdine School of Law Associate Dean Richard L. Cupp said.
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