BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.0B
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- US
Dow Jones Description
Mfr. of Cigarettes
Number of Employees 6,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant Wholesalers: 424940
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Former Smoker Wins Case Against Philip Morris
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TOBACCO RULING.(News)(Brief article)
- 2007-02-26
Main points in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Philip Morris USA vs. Mayola Williams: At issue 1. Whether in reviewing a jury's award of punitive damages, an appellate court's conclusion that a defendant's conduct was highly reprehensible and ...
High Court limits scope of punitives; Justices fault awards based on harm done to nonplaintiffs.(News)
- 2007-02-26
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court decision last week to overturn a $79.5 million punitive damages award against a tobacco company may not represent a total victory for businesses, say some tort reform advocates. That's b Byline: MARK...
Appellate Expert from Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP Available to Provide Insight into Today's Supreme Court Decision on Philip Morris and Punitive Damage Awards
- 2007-02-20
LOS ANGELES -- Robert Olson, a partner in the leading appellate boutique Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP with extensive experience in punitive damages issues, is available to comment on today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Philip Morris vs. Williams to limit punitive damages. Olson filed an amicus...
High court considers punitives.(Philip Morris USA vs. Mayola Williams)
- 2006-11-06
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court may use a tobacco liability case to determine whether due process guarantees allow a jury to levy punitive damages on a defendant for the effects of its conduct on people who are not a party to ...
Supreme Court to revisit issue of appropriate punitive awards; Tort reform backers hope for more clarity.
- 2006-06-05
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-Tort reform advocates hope that the Supreme Court will use an Oregon case to clarify further when a punitive damage award is so disproportionate to underlying compensatory damages as to become unconstitutional. Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN ...
Oregon Supreme Court Affirms Award in Smoker's Case against Philip Morris USA: Company Will Seek Further Review
- 2006-02-02
NEW YORK -- The Oregon Supreme Court today affirmed a $79.5 million punitive damages jury verdict against Philip Morris USA. The company contends the award, which is 152 times the compensatory judgment, is grossly excessive and bears no reasonable relation to the compensatory judgment in violation of the U.S. Supreme...
Philip Morris USA Will Appeal Damage Award to Florida Smoker; Jury Refuses to Award Punitive Damages
- 2003-04-03
Business Editors
Multimedia Available: Philip Morris Reacts To $28 Billion Punitive Damages In Bullock Case
- 2002-10-04
Business Editors
Punitive tobacco award fought; Cigarette makers hit with Florida ruling, lawsuit by E.U.
- 2000-11-13
MIAMI-Tobacco companies are appealing a Florida circuit court judge's decision to uphold a $145 billion jury award to sick smokers and his refusal to reduce the award and order a new trial. Dade County Circuit Court Judge Robert P. Kaye approved th MIAMI-Tobacco companies...
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