Court rules for Philip Morris on damage award
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A closely divided Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a $79.5 million punitive damages award won by the widow of a longtime smoker against Philip Morris.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a &#36;15 million punitive damages award to a lifelong smoker who sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. after losing his legs from a cigarette-related illness.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court threw out a $79.5 million punitive damages award to a smoker's widow Tuesday, a boon to businesses seeking stricter limits on big-dollar jury verdicts. The 5-4 ruling was a victory for Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA, which contested an Oregon Supreme Court...
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A U.S. judge is expected on Monday to   rule on whether to certify as a class action a lawsuit that   accuses tobacco companies of defrauding smokers into thinking   "light" cigarettes were safer than regular brands, according to   notice sent to lawyers in the case.
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A jury in Independence, Missouri on Wednesday ordered Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. to pay &#36;22 million to the family of a 73-year-old woman who died of lung and heart disease after smoking Kools for 58 years.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on  Monday that a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, a  unit of Altria Group Inc. , should not be decided in  federal court, handing a defeat to the tobacco company.
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The US Supreme Court said Friday it would consider whether smokers of cigarettes marketed as "light" could sue the makers for deception on the grounds that they were just as harmful as regular smokes.
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A federal class-action lawsuit filed in Boston yesterday on behalf of Massachusetts smokers demands that Philip Morris USA Inc. pay for computerized chest scans for its customers in an effort to detect early-stage lung cancer.
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NEW YORK -- A federal judge on Monday granted class action status to tens of millions of "light cigarette" smokers for a potential $200 billion lawsuit against tobacco companies.
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A $10.1 billion award to smokers of &quot;light&quot; cigarettes by an Illinois judge was based only on speculation and should be thrown out, a lawyer for Philip Morris USA told the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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A U.S. federal judge gave class-action   status on Monday to a lawsuit filed by "light" cigarette   smokers who accuse tobacco companies of fraud and are seeking a   verdict of as much as $200 billion.
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The court will consider whether punitive damages can be imposed in the 1989 disaster, an issue worth $2.5 billion to ExxonMobil.
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Relatives of a man who died when his car collided with an ambulance win damages after a legal battle.
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Aramark Corp. RMK.N on Thursday said  a New Jersey jury ordered it to pay $105 million in damages for  serving alcohol to a fan at a football game who was involved in  a car accident that crippled a toddler.
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The US supreme court throws out a ruling that Philip Morris must pay $79.5m to the widow of a dead cigarette smoker.
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Philip Morris Cos. Inc. cannot move a lawsuit by cigarette smokers into federal court.
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Australian court opens the way for restaurants to claim damages over unfavourable reviews.