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Product Liability

Oct. 4, 2002

Attorney Seeks Billions Against Philip Morris

LOS ANGELES - An attorney Wednesday asked Los Angeles jurors to return a record $6.7 to $20 billion punitive damage award against Philip Morris Cos. for allegedly misleading a 64-year-old lung cancer patient about the dangers of cigarettes.

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - An attorney Wednesday asked Los Angeles jurors to return a record $6.7 to $20 billion punitive damage award against Philip Morris Cos. for allegedly misleading a 64-year-old lung cancer patient about the dangers of cigarettes.
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