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  • Philip Morris loses $28B suit

    10/04/2002 3:59:33 PM PDT · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 24 replies · 233+ views
    CNN ^ | 10/4/02
    <p>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Philip Morris Cos., the No. 1 cigarette maker, was ordered Friday to pay a record $28 billion to a 64-year-old woman with lung cancer who blamed her tobacco addiction on the company's failure to warn her of the risks of smoking.</p>