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...Philip Morris attorney Dan Webb's plea to jurors not to punish them with a large award, and his claim that the $145 billion award was "a death warrant": "He ignored the death warrant on the millions of lives of people [the tobacco industry] lied about," jury foreman Leighton Finegan said. "For them - Big Tobacco - this trial was about money. For us, it was about people's lives... We still feel they're arrogant...
...Still, sometimes that arrogance sounds awfully genuine - and reflexive. Said Philip Morris' Webb: "There's probably not a country in the world that can withstand a verdict this size...
...intend to settle this lawsuit," one Philip Morris lawyer cried during the post-verdict press conference. "This is the result of an incredibly flawed procedure...
...This is a verdict in favor of no one," another PM attorney hissed. "It will have no practical impact on Philip Morris or its employees, because a final verdict won't be reached for 75 years...
...million sick smokers. The jury (who, in the judge's words, "will all be forgiven if they never want to serve on a jury again") had already decided the companies create a "defective and dangerous" product, and awarded $12.7 million in compensatory damages to three sick smokers. And Philip Morris, Liggett, et al. would have been more than happy to see the case end there. Unfortunately for them, there are a lot of sick and dying smokers out there, and the majority of Americans are not particularly sympathetic to cries of distress from fat cat CEOs who make a living...