Philip Morris to pay US$28 billion

I should tell my mother to sue ... she used to smoke, i'm sure her lungs are black ... if only she could get a portion of that settlement ... i'm not greedy, i'd be happy with 1million.
 
Well it is a little ridiculous but I can't find any sympathy for Philip Morris. 47 years ago they encouraged smoking and advertised it as healthy. Now their dishonest past is catching up.
 
unclehobart said:
These awards always get knocked down to 100s of thousands to a few mil after a few years in appeals.
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after lionel hutz, atorney at law, takes his fee, travel expenses, tax, duties etc you get a nice crisp 20
 
one woamn was awarded $300,000,000. & the judge backed it off to $100,000,000. So, this is worth about $1.4B. Wonder is she needs a sugar daddy?
 
what would it be called then? That go tthe point across even though it's wrong :shrug:
 
MitchSchaft said:
that's Billion, Luis :).
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sorry, i read the article in spanish, then searched for it in english :D


Seriously, this kind of ridiculous sues are going to send to bankrupt many corporations.
 
While I don't agree with Philip-Morris and their marketing I just wonder if her suffering is really worth the suffering that that payment is going to cause. For instance, how many jobs are going to have to be cut to make up for that loss?
 
I wonder if I can sue the automobile industry for having lost my brother to a car wreck. Nobody told me about the dangers :confuse2:
 
yeah, go and fill that sue, i bet you will make lots of money.....

dudes, you really need to change some laws in your country, this is getting ridiculous and stupid.
 
Luis G said:
yeah, go and fill that sue, i bet you will make lots of money.....

dudes, you really need to change some laws in your country, this is getting ridiculous and stupid.
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Well, perhaps, but today's laws aren't so much the problem. All of these lawsuits are based on laws of 40 years ago or so. That lady that smoked was 64. She started when she was 17. That is 47 years ago. Now, lets move back to 1960 or so. A number of times Philip Morris publicly denied the harms of smoking and the fact that it was addictive. That is deceptive advertising and dishonesty. You CANNOT advertise by spreading lies. Now their past is coming to hunt them. I support all lawsuits against them based on this, but $28 billion is just ridiculous.
 
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