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• Judge Knocks Off $15M in Smoker Lawsuit 

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2003-07-03

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A federal judge has eliminated $15 million in punitive damages that a tobacco company was ordered to pay the family of a smoker.

U.S. District Judge James Moody signed an order Wednesday granting a request by Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. to nullify punitive damages awarded in May for the death of Mary Jane Boerner.

Moody also upheld the compensatory damages award of $4.25 million.

Brown & Williamson, the nation's third largest tobacco company, had sought the order primarily on grounds that it was liable only for compensatory damages since it had simply acquired American Tobacco Co., which made the Lucky Strike and Pall Mall brands that Boerner smoked.

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