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Case Name and
Location |
Approximate Amount and Date of Verdict
|
Status of Verdict |
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Frankson v. Brown and Williamson
Corp. (Brooklyn, NY)
|
Verdict – Dec. 18,
2003.
$350,000 |
Jury to consider
punitive damages in January, 2004 |
|
Thompson, et al. v. Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris
(Independence, MO)
|
Verdict – Nov. 4,
2003:
$1.3 million |
Defendants’ appeal
pending |
|
Boerner v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco
Co., (Little Rock, AR)
|
Verdict – May 23,
2003
$19 million |
Defendant’s appeal
pending |
|
Eastman v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco
Co. and Philip Morris
USA Inc.(St. Petersburg,
FL)
|
Verdict – April 3,
2003
$3.3 million |
Defendants’ appeal
pending |
|
Bullock v. Philip Morris, Inc.
(Los Angeles, CA) |
Verdict – October 4,
2002
$28 billion
|
Trial judge reduced
to $28 million. Defendant’s appeal pending |
|
French v. Philip Morris, Inc. et al.,
(Miami, FL) |
Verdict (secondhand
smoke case) – June 18, 2002)
$5.5 million
|
Trial judge reduced
to $500,000. Defendant’s appeal pending |
|
Lukacs v.
Philip Morris, Inc.,
et al. (Miami, FL) |
Verdict – June 11,
2002
$37.5 million
|
Judge reduced to
$25.1 million. Defendant’s appeal pending |
|
Schwarz v. Philip Morris,
Inc. (Portland, OR) |
Verdict – March 22,
2002
$150 million |
Trial judge reduced
to $100 million. Defendant’s appeal pending
|
|
Burton v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.
(Kansas City, KS) |
Verdict – Feb. 2,
2002
$200,000 by jury
Judge imposed
punitive damages of $15 million on June 21, 2002.
|
Defendants’ appeal
pending |
|
Kenyon v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
(Tampa, FL) |
Verdict – Dec. 12,
2001
$165,000
|
Defendant’s appeal
pending |
|
Boeken v. Philip Morris, Inc.
(Los Angeles, CA) |
Verdict – June 6,
2001
$3.05 billion |
Trial judge reduced
to $105 million. Defendant’s appeal pending
|
|
Whiteley v. RJR and Philip Morris
(San Francisco, CA)
|
Verdict – March 20,
2000
$21.75 million |
Defendant’s appeal
pending |
|
Williams-Branch v. Philip Morris
(Portland, OR) |
Verdict – March 31,
1999
$80 million
|
Defendant’s appeal
pending |
|
Henley v. Philip Morris (San
Francisco, CA) |
Verdict – Feb. 9,
1999
$51.5 million |
Appeals court reduced
to $10.5 million. Defendant’s appeal pending
|
|
Carter v.
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.,
(Jacksonville, FL) |
Verdict – Aug. 9,
1996
$750,000 |
Defendant loses final
appeal and pays $1.09 million to plaintiff on Feb 8, 2001
|
|
Cipollone v. Liggett (Newark, NJ) |
Verdict – June 13,
1988
$400,000 |
Verdict overturned by
Third Circuit Appeals court. US Supreme Court ordered new trial in
1992 but plaintiffs dropped case
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