UPDATE 1-U.S. top court rejects Philip Morris appeal of judgment in smoker's death
May 16, 2016 at 09:48 AM EDT
WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Philip Morris USA's challenge to a $25 million Oregon jury verdict in favor of a man whose wife died of a lung cancer-related brain tumor after smoking the company's low-tar cigarettes.
