U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Review $7.9 Million Tobacco Verdict

Mealey's (February 26, 2018, 2:27 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 26 denied a tobacco company’s petition for writ of certiorari and upheld a $7.9 million verdict and a lower appellate court’s decision to grant a new trial on punitive damages only in a suit where a woman claimed that she developed cancer because of the cigarettes made by the company (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Barbara Izzarelli, No. 17-802, U.S. Sup.)....