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Punitive damages vacated in tobacco suit 

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    • June 12, 2013

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has struck down an $81 million award of punitive damages in a wrongful death case against Lorillard Tobacco Company.
The verdict, which totaled $152 million, was one of Lawyers USA’s Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011.
“[W]e conclude that the jury were not adequately » Continue Reading.
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