Mealey's (August 15, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts jury on Aug. 14 hit tobacco defendant Philip Morris Tobacco Co. with $11 million in compensatory damages and another $10 million in punitive damages after hearing testimony that the plaintiff started smoking when a company salesman handed him free packs of the product (Fred Laramie v. Philip Morris, No. 1784CV02240, Mass. Super., Suffolk Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....