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• Philip Morris Denied New Trial in $100 Million Oregon Verdict  

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2002-07-02
Author: Joyzelle Davis

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Philip Morris Cos., the world's largest tobacco seller, lost a bid for a new trial over a $100 million damage award to an Oregon smoker's family.

Multnomah County Judge Roosevelt Robinson's ruling today clears the way for both sides to appeal portions of the case brought by the family of Michelle Schwarz, who died of lung cancer in 1999. . .

Relatives of Schwarz, who died at 53, plan to appeal the judge's decision in May to cut the damage award to $100 million from $150 million, said attorney Chuck Tauman.

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