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Mo. court lets stand tossing of $20M tobacco award 

Mo. Supreme Court effectively upholds ruling tossing $20M jury verdict against tobacco company
Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2008-08-01

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The Missouri Supreme Court has effectively upheld a decision throwing out a $20 million jury award against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

An appeals court tossed out the state's largest-ever tobacco jury award in August 2007 with the intent of sending the case back to a trial court for a new decision on punitive damages. . . .

At issue is a 2005 award by a Jackson County jury to the husband of smoker Barbara Smith, who had died in 2000 of a heart attack.

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