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Altria Appeal of Smoker Award Dismissed by Top Court (Update3) 

The rebuff leaves intact an award that has grown to more than $150 million with interest and, if paid in full, would set a record in an individual smoker case. Today’s action comes after a dozen years of litigation between Philip Morris, the largest U.S. cigarette maker, and Mayola Williams, whose husband died of lung cancer in 1997.

“Tobacco litigation has been a war of attrition,” said Robert Peck, a Washington lawyer who represented Williams at the Supreme Court. “This is a testament to sticking to principle and pursuing a case to its end.”

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