Litigation
Dec. 18, 2002
Tobacco Giant Criticizes Opposition's Tactics
LOS ANGELES - In an attempt to toss out the largest punitive damages verdict in U.S. history, attorneys for Philip Morris Inc. will argue today that the plaintiff's comparison of the tobacco company to terrorist Osama bin Laden, among other things, angered the Los Angeles jury, encouraging them to award $28 billion in punitive damages to a dying Newport Beach woman.
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