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• Damage Award to Glendale Woman, Longtime Smoker Who Got Cancer, Left Standing by U.S. Supreme Court 

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday left standing a $10.5 million San Francisco Superior Court judgment in favor of a longtime smoker against Philip Morris USA.

The court denied certiorari in the case of Philip Morris Inc. v. Henley, in which the cigarette manufacturer argued, among other things, that a punitive damage award of six times the amount of compensatory damages was excessive. . . . . . .

She said that she continued to smoke "Marlboro Red" until 1989, then switched to "Marlboro Light" after she called the company and was assured that it was "low-tar." As a result of that phone call, she said, she doubled her consumption, to three-and-a-half packs per day.

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