Word: lawsuits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...federal judge today cleared the way for what could become a historic, industry-breaking class action lawsuit against American tobacco makers. The suit charges that top tobacco firms knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated itslevels in cigarettesto keep customers hooked. U.S. District Judge Okla Jones certified the suit, filed by a smoker's widow and three current smokers in New Orleans, as a class action, which means that anyone in the country who has failed to quit despite a doctor's warning that smoking is unhealthy may join the suit. Defendants include American Tobacco, Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard...
...doctor's 14-page letter, which lists his grievances against the Medical School, cites a new lawsuit in which Children's Hospital seeks to claim possession of all Nadal-Ginard's assets as repayment for alleged overcompensation...
Later, even after receiving full salary supportfrom Mahdavi, the two scientists were asked tovacate the laboratory. Their experiments weresubsequently vandalized, Nadal-Ginard charged.They have just filed a lawsuit against thehospital and Lock, the doctor wrote...
...case for an institutional mercy killing goes beyond the N.A.A.C.P.'s scandalous financial condition--though that alone is reason enough. In December seven members of the N.A.A.C.P.'s board of directors and its tax- exempt Special Contributions Fund filed a federal lawsuit alleging that chairman of the board William Gibson has ``caused or permitted'' more than $1.4 million of the organization's money to be squandered. Based largely on N.A.A.C.P. financial records leaked to syndicated columnist Carl Rowan, the suit contends that during Gibson's 10 years as chairman, he has run up $500,000 worth of charges...
Though concerned about the draft story, the White House has responded that First in His Class is meaningless. In fact, compared with more tangible assaults on the President's character--namely Paula Jones' pending sexual- harassment lawsuit and the federal investigation into Whitewater--words in a book can barely hurt him. Last week trustees of Clinton's legal-defense fund released a list of donors for its first six months of operation. Celebrities such as Barbra Streisand and Garrison Keillor each put up the maximum $1,000 contribution. So far, 5,865 people have donated $608,000, still short...