Mammoth US legal settlements against the tobacco industry, such as a recent $6.9-million
award in Florida that opens the door to a $300-billion payout for 500 000 smokers, are good …

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IN THE LAST MONTH, since the announcement of a proposed comprehensive tobacco
settlement, many critics have raised serious objections. In particular, they have properly …

Cigarettes kill hundreds of thousands of people every year, yet until recently litigation
against the tobacco industry constantly failed. In case after case judges and juries found that …

Litigation against tobacco companies, about smoking-related diseases, is novel outside of
the United States. While in the past two decades US courts have handed down costly …

Tobacco Litigation Page 1 After the Fall: The Cigarette Papers, the Global Settlement, and the
Future of Tobacco Litigation I. Introduction 311 II. The History of tobacco Litigation 312 A. The …

The startling March 2002 decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria in McCabe v British
American Tobacco [2002] VSC 73 opens up the possibility of a flood of pro-plaintiff victories …

After the Fall: The Cigarette Papers, the Global Settlement, and the Future of Tobacco Litigation
Page 1 South Carolina Law Review Volume 49 Issue 2 FOCUS EDITION: CURRENT ISSUES …

One of the most important elements of the congressional proposal to settle the state
attorneys' general tobacco litigation was the bar to class action lawsuits brought by smokers …

Although studies show that 400,000 or more Americans die annually from health problems
caused by cigarette smoking,'tobacco companies have yet to lose a single cent in final …