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LARAMIE v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.

SJC-13070.

488 Mass. 399 (2021)

PAMELA LARAMIE, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 15, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Trach for the defendant.

Celene H. Humphries, of Florida, for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Maura Healey, Attorney General, & William W. Porter, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Traci L. Lovitt, Christopher M. Morrison, & Kate Wallace, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,

Holly M. Polglase & Peter C. Netburn for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., & another.

Andrew Rainer & Meredith Lever for Public Health Advocacy Institute.

Douglas S. Brooks for Washington Legal Foundation.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, & Wendlandt, JJ.

In this case, we consider whether a 1998 settlement agreement between Philip Morris USA Inc. (Philip Morris) and the Attorney General precludes recovery of punitive damages against Philip Morris under the wrongful death statute, G. L. c. 229, § 2, for claims brought by the widow of a smoker who died from lung cancer after decades...

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