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Topia!: Society: Law: Legal Information: Product Liability: Tobacco (32)
See Also:  Tobacco Products Liablity Project - Information on tobacco trials for plaintiffs and attorneys; news and announcements; backgrounders for media and the public.Tobacco Control Resource Center - The facts on big tobacco on trial, from the Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. Will Litigation Become Part of Public Health Arsenal in Canada's War Against Smoking? - Discussion of documents obtained through U.S. litigation against tobacco companies, and how it affects the potential for similar litigation in Canada. From the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Tobacco Company Destruction of Documents - News item covers how BATco's destruction of documents in an Australian case may affect other tobacco litigation. Long-Secret Documents Now Hurting Tobacco - LA Times article explores why once-secret tobacco industry letters, memos, and reports are hurting the industry in court and opening the eyes of the public. Litigation and Public Inquires as Public Health Tools for Tobacco Control - Summary and policy paper argues for litigation as a means to expose and roll back the deceit designed by the industry to influence public policy. Litigation and Public Inquires as Public Health Tools for Tobacco Control - Report in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. Tobacco Trial Lawyers Association - Supports and represents those who fight on behalf of consumers injured or killed by tobacco. Membership is open to those with a substantial interest in fighting consumer cases. The Tobacco Industry and Civil Liability - Policy position from the American Society of Addiction Medicine; opposes special protection in court for the tobacco industry. Blaming Tobacco's Victims - Op-ed examines society's tendency to blame smokers, and explains why juries are less willing to do so: tobacco industry recruiting of kids, decades-long efforts to cloud the issue, and engineering of product for addiction. Court TV Online - Widdick v. Brown & Williamson - Presents the case of Roland Maddox and the background of "50 years of tobacco industry conspiracy". Court TV - Tobacco on Trial - Presents several individual and class-action trials, with updates. Smoked Out - An essay by Harvard Law professor Kip Viscusi arguing that the settlement of the lawsuit against tobacco firms didn't penalize those firms, but instead penalized smokers, the so-called victims. 19th Conference of the Tobacco Products Liability Project - Announcement of conference for plaintiffs and the public health community only, scheduled for November 22-24, 2002 in San Francisco. WCCO Channel 4000 News: Tobacco on Trial - Extensive history of the groundbreaking Minnesota trial. Provides links into the record and testimony; documents key evidence and events in the trial. The Jesse Williams Case - Summary of an individual case against Philip Morris. Probative Production -- Boeken Trial - The trial team that won the Boeken trial is profiled. The Shredding of BAT's defense: McCabe vs. British American Tobacco Australia - Policy journal analyzes tobacco industry destruction of evidence committed in litigation of an Australian smoker. Florida Tobacco Litigation Symposium: Fact, Law, Policy, and Significance - Transcript of panel discussion on tobacco ligitagion, focusing on public health benefits, with emphasis on Florida's suit against the tobacco industry. Big Tobacco's Worst Nightmare - Profile of Cheryl Perry, an epidemiology professor at the University of Minnesota, who become an expert in the industry's own words on promoting cigarettes to children. Light Cigarettes Smokers Sue Tobacco Industry - News article covers how the tobacco industry designed and promoted "light" cigarettes to create an safer image, but not a safer product. How the Tobacco Industry Lost its Attorney-Client Privilege - Legal analysis concludes the tobacco industry's fraudulent manipulation of the attorney-client privilege was intended to cover up scientific information the industry had about the product. Tobacco Scam: Litigation Risks - Outlines the legal liabilities for business owners that permit indoor smoking, and warns why tobacco-sponsored ventilation programs will not protect the business owner from those liabilities. Statement of Professor G. Robert Blakey - Notre Dame Law School professor outlines the case against the tobacco industry in both lay terms and legal prose. Are Punitive Damages Enough - Columnist comments on a trial outcome, summarizes the judge's decision and reasoning. Gallop Poll for Philip Morris on Surgeon General's Warning - In public the tobacco industry says "everyone knew" the risks of smoking. But this 1973 survey secretly done for Philip Morris showed that only 3.1% of smokers were aware of the Surgeon General's health warning. The Smoking Gun - Time article on tobacco litigation in Europe. A Tobacco Lawsuit Primer - Article describes the different types of litigation outstanding against tobacco companies. Britsh Columbia's Legal Action Against Tobacco Companies - Concise summary of the case against the tobacco industry in Canada. Tobacco Litigation Worldwide - 130 page report from the Norwegian Directory for Health, Department for Tobacco Control. Big Tobacco's Nemesis - Howard Acosta has sued tobacco companies about 150 times, without earning a penny, but he's no quitter. The Case Against the Tobacco Companies - Outlines decades of tobacco industry campaigns designed to mislead the public about cigarettes, resulting in extraordinary profits for the industry and devastating consequences for the public's health.
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