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...verdict in its favor in a smoking death lawsuit.Philip Morris USA announced in a release that the jury verdict came Wednesday.Delores Hunter of Marshall accused Philip Morris USA Inc. of making and marketing cigarettes even though...
...lawyers, judges and injured parties, and sometimes has led to injustices. The Oregon case involved a lawsuit against Philip Morris USA by the widow of Jesse Williams, who died of lung cancer in 1997. In addition to hundreds of thousands of dollars...
...prevention program in Washington, D.C., putting aside some second thoughts after finding out it was funded by Philip Morris USA. A recent graduate from the alternative education program at Juneau-Douglas High School, Slotnik said she felt...
...prevention program in Washington, D.C., putting aside some second thoughts after finding out it was funded by Philip Morris USA. A recent graduate from the alternative education program at Juneau-Douglas High School, Slotnik said she felt...
...000 from Veco, $12,000 from Cornell Companies Inc., $10,000 from Gray Line of Alaska, $8,000 from Philip Morris USA, $7,500 from Holland America and so on. Selfless giving? Hardly. Veco and Cornell wanted a private prison...
...Homegrown tobacco can also contain fungus and mold, which can cause chronic bronchitis and other ailments, Glynn said. Philip Morris USA, the nation's No. 1 cigarette maker, and other big companies are unlikely to shudder. Philip Gorham, a tobacco...
...June from the National Association of Attorneys General, four tobacco companies - Brown & Williams Tobacco Corp., Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. - agreed to remove the ads.
...ruling on punitive damages, in February, set aside a nearly $80 million judgment against Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA. The money was awarded to the widow of a smoker in Oregon. The company marshaled more than a dozen organizations...