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Supreme Court Refuses to Reduce Smoker's Award

National News • March 23, 2005
The Supreme Court declined this week to consider whether to reduce $10.5 million in damages a jury awarded against Philip Morris USA to a former smoker with lung cancer. Justices let stand a ...

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Subject: RE: RE: smokers award

Posted On: March 23, 2005, 1:12 pm CST
Posted By: Smoker Despite
Comment:
What really bugs me is that while the dangers of cigarette smoking have been known, documented, and circulated for years, people who chose to partake in the habit (in other words, wilfully ignored the evidence) are still able to collect huge awards from a system that seems to ignore personal accountability!

It's no different than the people that have tried to sue McDonalds because a Big Mac mysteriously transformed into a big butt!

In the end, it's the consumer who pays these awards in the form of higher prices. And people wonder why we need to reform our legal system?
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Smoker's comments yvonne
Apr 3, 2005, 5:09 am
RE: RE: smokers REward matadco
Mar 30, 2005, 5:38 am
What's this society coming to? Wally
Mar 25, 2005, 4:57 pm
Smokers Award JoeyV
Mar 24, 2005, 4:55 pm
RE: RE: RE: DEVIATING Chuck
Mar 24, 2005, 2:07 pm
Personal Accountability for your actions M Quigley
Mar 24, 2005, 12:25 pm
RE: RE: DEVIATING Roger Mount
Mar 24, 2005, 10:49 am
RE: DEVIATING Gregg Higgins
Mar 24, 2005, 10:01 am
DEVIATING Winston
Mar 24, 2005, 2:04 am
RE: smokers REward RRR
Mar 24, 2005, 12:13 am
Smokers Reward Gregg Higgins
Mar 23, 2005, 7:30 pm
RE: RE: smokers REward Umpire
Mar 23, 2005, 4:30 pm
RE: smokers REward bubba
Mar 23, 2005, 3:29 pm
RE: RE: RE: smokers REward John M.
Mar 23, 2005, 2:59 pm
RE: RE: smokers REward steve
Mar 23, 2005, 2:12 pm
RE: smokers REward Steve M
Mar 23, 2005, 2:08 pm
RE: smokers award Roger Mount
Mar 23, 2005, 2:03 pm
smokers REward
Mar 23, 2005, 1:27 pm
RE: RE: RE: smokers award rcb
Mar 23, 2005, 1:24 pm
RE: RE: smokers award Smoker Despite
Mar 23, 2005, 1:12 pm
RE: smokers award Dar Novak
Mar 23, 2005, 1:03 pm
smokers award Steve Russell
Mar 23, 2005, 12:49 pm
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