Tobacco Companies Appeal $145 Billion Verdict
December 2, 2001
Five of the largest tobacco companies in the industry have appealed a record $145 billion verdict that was reached in July 2000, calling the decision "bankrupting and excessive." The defendants in the class-action lawsuit, Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, Brown and Williamson, Lorillard and the Liggett Group, say the Miami-Dade Circuit Court trial, which took over two years to argue, was filled with legal errors. In addition, the companies claim the plaintiff's attorney used "inflammatory rhetoric."
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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