Ex-smoker awarded $28 billion by jury in punitive damages

Saturday, October 5, 2002

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

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