the tobacco industry does not lie to the users....on the side of every package are health warnings....heed them or shut the F.U.
24 billion? Why not just make it 24 zillion?
After all, the person who smoked for 45 years didn’t know that they were bad for them.
Who can I blame my Leukemia on?
I never smoked, have a Beer once in a while, never did Drugs. Spent most of my Life working my butt off.
Darn it, I want a Private Jet and a Yacht before I check out. Heck, I’ll be lucky to get one Check from Social Security before I go, and I gave those guys $200,000.
Life isn’t fair, WAAAAAAAAA...
The jury ruined any chance the family had of getting an appropriately large verdict (judgement) that could stand. They’ve seen Rainmaker one too many times.
This is just another one of those “JURY RULINGS” that don’t make any sense at all. Any one born in this country, that doesn’t know that “NICOTENE” is very addictive is either an idiot or a charlatan. And every lawyer that takes up the case of an individual that died from smoking is the biggest charlatan of them all
Actually the tobacco companies had a chance to not have to deal with this, but they BLEW IT.
Florida sued them 10 or 15 years ago. I remember hearing that it was the first time in history that a state had sued an industry in that manner.
The tobacco companies, at that moment, should have pulled their products off the shelves in Florida, stating that it is unfriendly business climate. The state would have been slammed IMMEDIATELY with the loss of revenue (and it was significant), as people would have bought out of state.
...but no, the companies didn’t fight back - in fact they “settled” in a way that is simply a back-door tax. So, no, let them rot for their stupidity.