Philip Morris to pay smoker $3 Billion!!

[Mikal]

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury Wednesday awarded a
cancer-stricken smoker more than $3 billion from
tobacco giant Philip Morris, the largest judgment
against a cigarette maker in a lawsuit brought by an
individual.

The Superior Court jury found against Philip Morris
on all six claims of fraud, negligence and making a
defective product.

Richard Boeken, 56, of Topanga was awarded $3
billion in punitive damages and $5.5 million in general
damages.


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It'll probably get overturned on appeal but damn!! 😀

 

[JohnCU]

What ever happened to personal responsibility?

 

[StageLeft]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=459348

 

[hpkeeper]

stupid eh? instead of growing a cancerous cell the guy should think about growing some responsibility.

 

[DefRef]

Juries are acting like they're drawing the SuperPowerBigBallGame Lottery prizes. It's not their money and they can be good liberals in blaming everyone BUT the smoker and socking it to some Evil Corporation. Bah!

 

[bulldawg]

<< What ever happened to personal responsibility? >>




It`s got to be wherever common sense has gone!

 

[4824guy]

That massive settlement will get overturned, you can count on it.

 

[dreben]

Please. I'm sure he didnt know that smoking was bad for him 😉

 

[Noirish]

everything related to cigarrette industry is stupid.
they know they are making a product that kills, but do they care, NO, there are so much money to be made off millions of idiots.
they know they are sucking poison into their bodies, but do they care, NO, because they are idiots and they want to sue the SH1T out of companies like PM just right before they die.

what has the world come to???