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- Title: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Jacobson
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 12, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 96 KB
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This case is the sequel to Brown & Williamson v. Jacobson, 713 F.2d 262 (7th Cir. 1983), in which we reinstated a libel suit that had been brought by Brown & Williams Tobacco Corporation, which produces and markets Viceroy cigarettes, against CBS, Inc. Following our remand, the district court held a jury trial that resulted in a verdict against CBS and an award of $3,000,000 in compensatory damages and an award of $2,050,000 in punitive damages. Following post-trial motions, the district court reduced the compensatory damage award to $1.00 but upheld the punitive damage award. See Brown & Williamson v. Jacobson, 644 F. Supp. 1240 (N.D. Ill. 1986). We affirm the district courts decision on liability and punitive damages but reverse its compensatory damage ruling and reinstate $1,000,000 of the $3,000,000 originally awarded by the jury.
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