Gone_with_the_Wind
01-01-2003, 06:51 PM
RJR, Philip Morris Win Calif. Smoking Suit
Tuesday, December 31, 2002
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. *—*A federal judge in California Tuesday entered a directed verdict in favor of the top two U.S. cigarette makers in a smoking suit, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. (RJR) said.
The suit, known as Conley, was an individual smoking and health suit heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland.
The verdict in favor of the defendants comes after tobacco industry losses in some high-profile cases in California, including a jury's $28 billion punitive damage award against Philip Morris (MO), which was later cut to $28 million by a judge. Philip Morris is appealing that case, known as Bullock. fox news story (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,74332,00.html)
Tuesday, December 31, 2002
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. *—*A federal judge in California Tuesday entered a directed verdict in favor of the top two U.S. cigarette makers in a smoking suit, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. (RJR) said.
The suit, known as Conley, was an individual smoking and health suit heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland.
The verdict in favor of the defendants comes after tobacco industry losses in some high-profile cases in California, including a jury's $28 billion punitive damage award against Philip Morris (MO), which was later cut to $28 million by a judge. Philip Morris is appealing that case, known as Bullock. fox news story (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,74332,00.html)