...smokers feared by some within the industry. ''We're looking forward to trying the next phase of this case,'' said Dan Webb, the lead tobacco attorney. ''We have never believed this jury would award a large amount of damages to thousands...

...substantial evidence to show some enormous changes in these companies in the last three years,'' said lead tobacco attorney Dan Webb. ''We're going to show the jury why it is that punitive damages simply would not be warranted in this case...

...There's probably not a country in the world that can withstand a verdict this size,'' said Philip Morris Inc. attorney Dan Webb, whose company on Friday was ordered to pay $73.96 billion. Defendants were confident that either the judge will...

...smokers have said the companies could afford $150 billion. The lawsuit listed $200 billion, and lead tobacco attorney Dan Webb has mentioned a possible $300 billion award, saying it could wreck the industry. ''These companies have their survival...

...decides the tobacco industry should pay punitive damages in a case involving up to 700,000 sick Florida smokers. Attorney Dan Webb, who represents Philip Morris Inc., doesn't want jurors to award punitive damages at all. But he suggested during...

...sides spoke of death -- the death of Big Tobacco and the deaths of millions of smokers. Philip Morris Inc. attorney Dan Webb said a multibillion-dollar punitive damage award would be a ''death warrant'' for the nation's five biggest cigarette...