[Dog Gone]

All loving parents or grandparents should immediately begin smoking in order to leave a $79 million estate to their heirs.

At a minimum, encourage your parents to start smoking right now.

[beltfed308]

Under state law, 60 percent of punitive damages in such cases go to the state, which in turn uses the money to support crime victims assistance programs.

How convienient. Who writes the judges paychecks?

[untrained skeptic]

These judges should be removed and disbarred.

Our government has already considered making smoking illegal and has not done so.

They have instead warned people of the dangers and left it up to them.

The courts have absolutely no business stepping in and trying to destroy a company selling a legal product.

Doing so is a direct attack on our form of government.

[MrBlueSky2005]

...saying the amount isn't excessive given the "reprehensible" conduct of tobacco giant Philip Morris in marketing cigarettes...

Wow...they actually dare to advertise their product? What a crime. Seriously though, what law did PM violate by advertising their product? This sounds (and I am sure is) completely baseless. Not to mention, I can see the day where you can scratch out "tobacco giant Philip Morris" and write in "fast food giant McDonalds, BK, KFC, etc."

But at least the state gets their "fair share"... /sarc

[gridlock]

Lawyers are going to sue the tobacco industry out of business.

This is a good thing.

[freepatriot32]

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