Amici Say Punitive Damages Reform Needed In Appeal Of $1B Tobacco Verdict

Mealey's ( October 22, 2025, 9:36 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — Several parties filed amicus curiae briefs to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in a tobacco company’s appeal regarding a state court jury’s award of $1 billion in punitive damages to the family of a smoker who died from lung cancer in 2017, later reduced to $56 million by remittitur, with some recommending reforms such as bifurcated trials to reduce the risk of “excessive” verdicts....

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