Word: plaintiffs
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Belli's plaintiff was Mrs. Victoria St. Pierre Lartique, who wept as the defense attorney described her late husband as "a human chimney"; she testified that he smoked so much that she had to get out of the house to breathe. From the age of nine he smoked two to five packs of cigarettes a day. His brands: King Bee and Picayunes (both made by Liggett & Myers) and Camels (R. J. Reynolds). Lartique died five years ago at 65 of lung cancer...
...Florida two months ago, a jury found that the deceased husband of a plaintiff died from cancer caused by smoking, but it refused to hold the company liable...
...plaintiff will base his right to sue Harvard on the ground that the Health service is a profit-making activity of the University, with its fee separate from tuition charges, a Boston newspaper has reported. An educational institution is normally subject to suit in Massachusetts...
Because educational institutions are not normally subject to suit in Massachusetts, the plaintiff's case will rest on an unusual legal argument, the Boston paper reported...
...plaintiff will contend, the paper said, that the School's health service is a profit-making activity of the University, with its costs separate from tuition charges. Because this voluntary health plan is not part of the school's required fee, it is a separate organization and can therefore be sued, the plaintiff reportedly will argue...