| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Legal
USA/New York. Judge Orders UPS to Pay $247 Million for Illegally Shipping Cigarettes
UPS must pay $247 million in damages and penalties to New York City and New York State for illegally shipping cigarettes, a federal judge ordered Thursday.
“A very significant award” was necessary because of the public health hazard posed by cigarettes and as a deterrent to future bad conduct, said Judge Katherine B. Forrest of Federal District Court in Manhattan. In her opinion, Judge Forrest wrote that the penalty needed to be substantial enough to send a message to UPS executives. (New York Times, 24.05.2017)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/nyregion/ups-cigarettes-lawsuit.html