http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/18079/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/big-tobacco-and-supreme-court-double-jeopardy-civil-style <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/ted-frank">Ted Frank</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     Jesse Williams started smoking as a 21-year-old soldier in Korea in 1950. Though Williams was taught as a child that it was unhealthy to smoke, and, in turn, taught his children not to smoke, he refused entreaties from doctors and family to quit smoking. After 45 years of smoking two packs a day, with the packs carrying the Surgeon General’s warnings for nearly 30 of those years, Williams died of inoperable lung cancer. His widow sued Philip Morris for damages on grounds of product design and “fraud.” </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/big-tobacco-and-supreme-court-double-jeopardy-civil-style" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Commentary MRC Business BigTobacco cigarette court damageaward defendant Lawsuit litigation plaintiff Smoking SupremeCourt Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:49:25 +0000 admin 29601 at http://archive2.mrc.org