Scary tales from the tobacco wars
Article Abstract:
Humorous anecdotes on the tobacco industry product liability litigation are invented. Examples are a school maintenance man dismissed for signing a no-smoking anytime oath and a mayor defending the dismissal because it sets a good example for children and a Ford Foundation funding of the Health Correction Corps, which provides scholarships for a promise to spend three years after college graduation helping local police squads stamp out illegal smoking.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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Tobacco docs archive revealed; boxes of potentially damaging data arrive each month in N.Y
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Many documents detailing the activities of the Tobacco Institute and the Council for Tobacco Research, two tobacco industry trade groups effectively dissolved as part of the process leading to the $206 bil tobacco settlement, are described. New York was one of the settlement states suing the industry and obtained rights to the documents.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 2001
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$145 billion to send a message; lawyers say effects of tobacco verdict may be felt by others
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Issues are discussed regarding the use of punitive damages by a Florida court in the $145 bil verdict of Engle v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. The continued profitability of the cigarette businesses after the $246 bil settlement was a big factor, according to many observers. The Engle verdict may inflate those against other industries.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 2000
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