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Relatives of a deceased Harvard professor have decided to drop four multi-million dollar lawsuits which the scholar brought against tobacco companies in June...
...suits, each seeking damages of $5 million, were brought against the Liggitt Group Inc., Phillip Morris Inc., American Brands Inc. and the Tobacco Institute, a lobbying and public-relations organization...
Similar product liability lawsuits against the tobacco industry in other states have been sustained despite the death of the original plantiffs...
...afraid unfortunately that this case is going to disappear," Trafficanti said. "The tobacco industry ought to be brought to task for what they've done to individuals...
...avalanche of more than 200 protectionist bills pending on Capitol Hill. The President, a longtime advocate of free trade, had first signaled a shift in his radio message on Sept. 7. He threatened retaliatory measures against four U.S. trading partners that discriminate against some American products, including tobacco goods in Japan and canned fruit in the European Community. It was the first time Reagan had issued such warnings without being asked to do so by a U.S. industry. The President stressed that there was still time to resolve the disputes through negotiations. But he warned, "Our trading partners should...