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Jump to full article: Law.com, 2009-08-25
Author: Amanda Bronstad The National Law Journal
Intro: A Los Angeles jury awarded $13.8 million in punitive damages against Philip Morris USA on Monday in the retrial of a case that originally netted a record $28 billion to a lifetime smoker.
"After hearing weeks of improper arguments and evidence that violated state and federal law on punitive damages, the jury still managed to reject plaintiff's patently unreasonable request," said Murray Garnick, senior vice president and associate general counsel at Altria Group Inc., parent corporation of Philip Morris. The company released a statement soon after the verdict: "California jury rejects request for billions in damages."
"Even so," Garnick continued, "we believe that any punitive damages award is unwarranted based on the facts in this case and that this award is unconstitutionally excessive."
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