Philip Morris loses again

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The Oregon Supreme Court, for the third time, has ruled that Philip Morris has to pay the $79.5 million punitive damages verdict rendered against it back in 1999:

http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/01/court_upholds_795_million_smok.html

Court upholds $79.5 million smoker verdict
Posted by The Oregonian January 31, 2008 08:36AM
Categories: Top Stories
The Oregon Supreme on Thursday upheld a $79.5 million punitive damage award against Philip Morris that has twice been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The most recent reversal concerned a jury instruction and whether it violated the constitutional rights of Philip Morris. But the Oregon Supreme Court said Philip Morris incorrectly submitted the jury instruction so there was no violation.

Yes, at this stage Philip Morris has been reduced to arguing that a jury instruction it submitted and asked the trial court to give to the jury violated its constitutional rights. This was not one of the original grounds or assignments of error in Philip Morris' appeal, but it's apparently all it has left.

Pay up, you murderous motherfuckers.

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There's your answer.

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2. K&R. I've heard these companies are still marketing cigarettes in Third World countries in ways

they'd never get away with here, not any more.

Corporations being amoral as they are, it would surprise me if they DIDN'T.