Massachusetts High Court Hears Arguments In $1B Tobacco Verdict Appeal

Mealey's ( November 7, 2025, 2:57 PM EST) -- BOSTON — Attorneys for Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM) urged the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to order a new trial for a smoker’s estate based on a jury’s “excessive” $1 billion punitive damages award and to consider if such trials should be bifurcated, while justices asked if the trial court’s reduction of the punitive damages to $56 million by remittitur was already a sufficient remedy....

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