High Court to Hear Big Tobacco's Challenge to Punitive Damages

Timber Loftis · 06-16-2006, 11:23 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/30/sc...cco/index.html

shamrock_uk · 06-16-2006, 05:20 PM

A tax by the back door?

Timber Loftis · 06-21-2006, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by shamrock_uk:
A tax by the back door?

Not sure I understand the question.... assuming you're asking one.

shamrock_uk · 06-21-2006, 10:59 AM

Not especially. I was in a rush and it was more of an observation than a question.

These punitive damages just seem like a revenue-raiser to fund government programmes, in this case a fund for victims of crime.

I'm all for compensation where its warranted, but punitive damages don't seem paritcularly just.

True_Moose · 06-27-2006, 02:52 PM

Eighty million seems like a lot for a single-defendant case. Now, I don't want to devalue the man who died's life, but it seems like the jury overstepped their bounds, and was punishing the tobacco industry for their behaviour in general over the last few years. I would expect to see a punitive damage number like that in a class-action suit.

Although on the other hand, a jury did render the verdict, and I am loathe to have the judiciary remaking jury verdicts.

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06-16-2006, 05:20 PM	#2
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 41 Posts: 3,092	A tax by the back door?

06-21-2006, 10:59 AM	#4
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 41 Posts: 3,092	Not especially. I was in a rush and it was more of an observation than a question. These punitive damages just seem like a revenue-raiser to fund government programmes, in this case a fund for victims of crime. I'm all for compensation where its warranted, but punitive damages don't seem paritcularly just.

06-27-2006, 02:52 PM	#5
True_Moose Gold Dragon Join Date: June 18, 2002 Location: Wolfville, NS / Calgary, AB Age: 36 Posts: 2,563	Eighty million seems like a lot for a single-defendant case. Now, I don't want to devalue the man who died's life, but it seems like the jury overstepped their bounds, and was punishing the tobacco industry for their behaviour in general over the last few years. I would expect to see a punitive damage number like that in a class-action suit. Although on the other hand, a jury did render the verdict, and I am loathe to have the judiciary remaking jury verdicts.

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