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• Man sues tobacco firm over wife’s death in ’99 ($$) 

In the first such trial in Arkansas, a federal jury in Little Rock heard attorneys argue Tuesday about whether Lucky Strike and Pall Mall cigarettes caused a North Little Rock woman’s death from lung cancer in 1999. If the jury decides that Mary Jane Boerner’s cancer was indeed caused by smoking the unfiltered cigarettes for 36 years, it must then decide if the company is responsible for failing to adequately warn the public for many years about the now well-known dangers of smoking.

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