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...suffering tobacco-related illnesses and permits the use of statistics which help finger tobacco as the cause of certain health problems. Tobacco companies say the law, the only one of its kind in the nation, violates the constitutional right of due process by giving the state rights an ordinary plaintiff would not have. Florida Governor Lawton Chiles said the Supreme Court's decision keeps intact a law which will help lead to justice in tobacco related cases. "I think this is the last constitutional hurdle that big tobacco is going to try to put in our way. So I think...
...boat or a vegetable patch that they could work until the yard started hiring again. When people in the Pascagoula area wanted redress against a big company, they tended to look to the courts, whose juries could be quite populist. Southern Mississippi is home to a small but aggressive plaintiff's bar, featured twice over the past year on the front page of the Wall Street Journal and on episodes of 60 Minutes. For all of Lott's passion for tort reform, one of the nation's wealthiest tormentors of tobacco companies is his brother-in-law Dick Scruggs, beside...
Panelist Cheryl Henderson Brown, a relative of the plaintiff in the historic case, said discrimination against minority teachers today is reminiscent of the days before desegregation...
SANTA MONICA: Now that the Simpson jury has delivered its verdict, the endless courtroom miniseries moves to appeals of both the civil case and his child-custody decision. Up next: How much should he pay? Jurors will reconvene on Thursday for a punitive damages hearing where plaintiff witnesses will testify how much Simpson is worth and, subject to the judge's approval, how much he could be worth in the future. Trying to keep earning potential out of the equation, Simpson lawyers Wednesday fought to prevent testimony estimating the long-term market value (if any) of Simpson's name...
...outcome are charges by the defense that evidence against Simpson was manipulated by Los Angeles police and the prosecution's last-minute presentation of 30 photos showing O.J. Simpson in Bruno Magli shoes similar to the ones that left bloody prints at the scene of the crime. While plaintiff?s attorney Tom Lambert told the jury that the Simpson defense was based on "deception, desperation, dishonesty," Robert Baker, the former football star's lead attorney, dismissed evidence supplied by the prosecution as "not trustworthy." Damages will be determined for Goldman's parents if Simpson is found guilty. Contrary to claims...