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New York Intermediate Appellate Court Says Punitives Not Possible in Tobacco Case

By Michael Krauss

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The New York Law Journal (via Law.com) reports on a very interesting New York appellate court decision, Fabiano v. Philip Morris Inc., in which the Appellate Division, 1st Department, holds that the $248 billion settlement with tobacco companies in which...

Full post as published by Point of Law on July 23, 2008 (boomark / email).

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