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...weeks ago that he had forfeited his right to residence status in Israel once he became a U.S. citizen. This legalism enabled the government to expel Awad without having to substantiate claims that he had broken Israeli law for his role in the uprising. To Awad's supporters, the verdict was a stunning example of a legal double standard: thousands of American Jews, they point out, are permitted to hold dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship indefinitely. Secretary of State George Shultz appealed directly to Shamir to revoke the deportation order, but to no avail...
...larger than Williams', is one of the largest awards ever granted to an individual claimant. Ashland will appeal, and may be able to get the damages reduced. Because the company will not have to pay anything until the appeals process is complete -- something that could take years -- the verdict should have no immediate financial effect...
Anti-tobacco forces celebrated the verdict as a breakthrough. John Banzhaf, a law professor at George Washington University who heads the Action on Smoking and Health group, called the decision the "most important legal development involving tobacco since the cigarette companies were forced off television ((in 1971))." Product-liability experts predicted that the case would provide a boost in confidence and a how-to manual for the plaintiffs in 110 similar cases now being pursued in the U.S. Before long, the verdict could prompt fresh lawsuits as well, since cigarette foes like Banzhaf estimate that smoking contributes to the premature...
Liggett plans to appeal the Cipollone verdict, contending among other things that the presiding federal judge, H. Lee Sarokin, was biased against the defendants. Says Arthur Stevens, Lorillard's general counsel: "We could not have had a more extreme adversary." In denying one of the tobacco industry's motions for dismissal of the case, Sarokin stated that he believed there was ample evidence of a "tobacco-industry conspiracy, vast in its scope, devious in its purpose and devastating in its results...
Even if the Cipollone verdict stands and inspires similar cases, the cigarette industry is not about to start settling lawsuits out of court or to back out of the business. While the six major U.S. tobacco makers have diversified into products ranging from beer to biscuits, their profits from cigarettes are as robust as ever. The industry is expected to have operating earnings of $6.4 billion this year, up from $5.2 billion in 1986. The number of cigarettes smoked by Americans has steadily declined, from 640 billion in 1981 to 565 billion last year, but the companies have more than...