Woman awarded $37 million in lawsuit against Philip Morris USA for smoking Marlboro Lights and developing cancer.
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The Supreme Judicial Court has awarded a Newton woman $37 million dollars in a lawsuit against Philip Morris USA after she developed brain cancer from smoking Marlboro Lights cigarettes. Patricia Walsh-Greene argued she might have stopped smoking sooner if the tobacco company had not designed an advertising campaign touting the health benefits of light cigarettes. The court decided unanimously in Greene's favor.
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