Legal Opinion
Williams v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 2011No. CC 970503957; SC S059014; CC 970604457; SC S059248PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDe Muniz, C. J.
This is a certified appeal from the Court of Appeals. See ORS 19.405 (describing process for certification of appeal to this court). The dispute arises out of the case of Williams v. Philip Morris Inc., in which, in 1999, a jury awarded the Estate of Jesse Williams (the Williams estate) compensatory damages and $79.5 million in punitive damages for Philip Morris, Inc.’s (Philip Morris) fraud and negligence leading to the smoking-related lung cancer death of Jesse Williams. After over a decade of appeals, during which the case has been before this court multiple times, the punitive damages…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Philip Morris USA v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Yogman v. ParrottOregon Supreme Court · 1997
- Pacific First Bank v. New Morgan Park Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1994
- DeMendoza v. HuffmanOregon Supreme Court · 2002
- Williams v. Philip Morris Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 2008
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