US top court upholds $270 million award to smokers

Monday, June 27, 2011 - 15:32 in Mathematics & Economics

The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal request made by American tobacco companies on Monday in a class-action lawsuit that awarded 500,000 smokers a total of $270 million in damages.

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