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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 | Posted By | Posted On |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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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Subject: Smokers Reward
Steve M - mentioned the companies bottomline not hurting. When I smoked (I quit in 1984) cigarettes were high if they were 75 cents a pack. Today, I see people routinely paying $4.00 or more per pack! This is where the tobacco companies put the loss. Additionally, one reason no legislator makes a move to make cigarettes illegal is that the Federal and State Governments hide some of their Tax increases in the cost of a pack of cigarettes. They do not want to let go of the Golden Goose.
Lastly, Lawyers!. The root of all torts. Law Schools graduate more everyday. They have to do something.