Mass. court tosses part of cigarette samples case

Published June 11, 2013 8:54pm ET



BOSTON (AP) — The family of a late Boston woman who said she got free cigarette samples as a child can keep $35 million in compensatory damages, but Massachusetts’ highest court on Tuesday threw out an $81 million punitive damages award and ordered a new trial on that part of the case.

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