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HENLEY v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

No. A086991.

113 Cal.Rptr.2d 494 (2002)

93 Cal.App.4th 824

Patricia HENLEY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PHILIP MORRIS INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

Review Granted January 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald V. Barron, Lucy E. Mason, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., San Francisco, M. Laurence Popofsky, Curtis M. Caton, David B. Goodwin, San Francisco, Wayne Stephen Braveman, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Los Angeles, for Appellant.

Daniel Upham Smith, Los Angeles, Ted W. Pelletier, Law Offices of Daniel U. Smith, Harry F. Wartnick, Madelyn Joyce Chaber, Wartnick, Chaber, Harowitz, Smith & Tigerman, Concord, for Respondent.

Certified for Partial Publication.*

SEPULVEDA, J.

Plaintiff brought this action for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of defendant's tortious misconduct in the manufacture and marketing of cigarettes. The jury returned a special verdict awarding plaintiff $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages. The trial court denied defendant's motions for new trial and judgment notwithstanding...

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