Month: May 2016
Ca. 2d: Rejection of Philip Morris’ Proposed Punitive Damages Instruction Was Error
Philip Morris will get another crack at reducing the punitive damages award in a long-running case brought by a cigarette smoker, as the Second District Court of Appeal found there had been improper rejection of the cigarette company's proposed instruction on those damages. The case is Bullock v. Philip Morris,...
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Indiana Cigarette Tax Produces Dramatic Drop in Cigarette Sales
Cigarette sales in Indiana have dropped almost 18 percent in the nine months following the imposition of a 44 cent-per-pack tax, the Chicago Tribune reports. To my mind, this fairly dramatic behavior modification based on a small economic tweak says some interesting things about our ability to control drug use...
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