In St. Paul, everybody won but the jurors; they got $30 a day and no chance to reach a verdict
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The settlement of the groundbreaking lawsuit between Minnesota and various cigarette manufacturers came after four months of trial and substantial financial hardships for the jurors, who were paid only $30 a day. Jurors were so dissatisfied with the truncated trial that the judge granted their request to hear plaintiffs' lawyer Michael V. Ciresi give the closing argument he had prepared in case the case was not settled. Despite the hardships, the National Center for State Courts' Center for Jury Studies reports that Minnesota is in fact one of the more generous states with juror fees.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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Israeli lawyer takes on big tobacco; Amos Hausner sues for health care costs; his father prosecuted Eichmann
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Israeli lawyer Amos Hausner, whose father Gideon Hausner prosecuted German war criminal Adolf Eichmann, has filed a $2 bil suit in Jerusalem District Court against five major US tobacco companies as well as Israel's sole tobacco company on behalf of Kupat Holim Clalit, Israel's largest health insurer. The suit seeks reimbursement for the medical costs of smoking-related diseases incurred since 1990, along with punitive damages. Hausner in 1998 also persuaded Israel to ban smoking on international flights to and from the country.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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