3740 REVIEW GRANTED The extreme reprehensibility of a tobacco company's conduct justified the award of punitive damages that were approximately six times the amount of compensatory damages awarded. The court also reiterated the conclusions it previously reached. [See Case # 3687]CitationHENLEY v PHILIP MORRIS (Smoking Issues) 114 CA4 1429 [See: CivC 1714.45; REST (2d) Torts 402A comment I; Henley v Philip Morris 93 CA4 824, T/AT 12/01; Henley v Philip Morris 112 CA4 198, T/AT 11/03; Myers v Philip Morris 28 C4 828, T/AT 9/02; Naegele v RJ Reynolds 28 C4 856, T/AT 9/02; State Farm v Campbell 123 SCt 1513, T/AT 7/03]
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