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TONY BLAIR Earnest PM survives foot-and-mouth, Conservative challenge. Now about that euro...
...This case saw Philip Morris attorneys adopt a new tack; they never denied the carcinogenic effects of tobacco and went so far as to admit their client "makes a dangerous product." Instead, they challenged the idea that PM is somehow responsible for an individual?s decision to smoke...
...verdict news conferences, it seemed the defense attorneys were resigned to the idea of a jury award - the hope was to keep the money damages out of the stratosphere. That hope, of course, was dashed when the jury came back. Their verdict sent PM stock prices downward Thursday as the tobacco sector struggled to take in the psychological effects of such a large award...
...Philip Morris brass was likewise struggling. "This verdict is outrageous and holds our legal system up to ridicule. It is the result of legal errors we believe will require reversal of this verdict," PM vice president and associate general council William Ohlemeyer said in a statement Wednesday. "The jury was given incorrect legal instructions, prevented from hearing important evidence and asked to believe that the plaintiff was only vaguely aware of the risks of smoking and the U.S. Surgeon General's warnings that have appeared on every pack of cigarettes Mr. Boeken smoked for more than 30 years." The company...
Vice President Dick Cheney may be more powerful than his boss, but he still lacks the fire of some other seconds-in-command, most notably British Deputy PM JOHN PRESCOTT. After a protester nailed Prescott with an egg on the campaign trail, the British bulldog unloaded a left jab on the guy and wrestled him until police arrived. "I wish, of course, that the incident I was involved in hadn't happened," said Prescott. "But no one can now complain about a lack of interest in this election campaign." Actually, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, leader of Scotland's Conservative Party, complained...