EUGENE, Ore., July 5 (UPI) -- Jesse Williams earned his first trip to the Olympic Games Saturday by winning the men's high jump at the U.S. Track and Field trials in Eugene, Ore.

WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed for the third time to take a look at a huge punitive award against Philip Morris USA over the death of a smoker.

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The Oregon Supreme Court upheld a $79.5 million award Thursday against Philip Morris for the family of a man who died of lung cancer.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court was supposed to hear arguments Tuesday about massive punitive damages against a tobacco company, but it instead focused on a detail.

SALEM, Ore., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Calling conduct by Philip Morris "extraordinarily reprehensible," the Oregon Supreme Court upheld a multimillion dollar award against the tobacco company.

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PORTLAND, Ore., June 10 (UPI) -- Philip Morris USA said it planned to take its appeal of a $79.5 million punitive-damage award in a smoking case to the Oregon Supreme Court.

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- An $80-million jury award against Philip Morris may soon be the first major West Coast tobacco verdict to go before the U.S. Supreme Court.