Jury Awards Record $28 Billion to Ex-Smoker

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@Oct 5 2002, 12:05 AM

"I didn't know!!"

A jury awarded a record-shattering $28 billion in punitive damages today to a 64-year-old former smoker who sued Philip Morris Inc. for fraud and negligence.

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...Last month, the jury ordered the tobacco company to pay Bullock $750,000 in damages and $100,000 for pain and suffering.

like isn't there more or less a formula or something for compensatory damages already?


WELL...given this is a punitive damage and i guess doesn't have anything to do w/ whether she personally "deserved" it, what do ppl think about the award? does it change your original opinion? makes it easier to justify to me, but i still think it's over-the-line.