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Florida Jury Denies Damages to Former Flight Attendant 

In a victory for tobacco companies and American Airlines, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court jury Thursday decided secondhand smoke was not the cause of a former flight attendant's chronic sinusitis, and awarded her nothing after a 10-day trial. . .

For the first time in the 11-year history of what is known as the Broin class action, lawyers for Philip Morris, Lorillard Tobacco, R.J. Reynolds and Brown & Williamson argued airlines should share the blame.

On Wednesday, Circuit Judge Leslie B. Rothenberg initially rejected the argument, but reversed herself and allowed the claim to go to the jury.

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