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Jump to full article: AP, 2003-10-31
Author: DOUG MELLGREN Associated Press
Intro: Norway's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the tobacco industry was not responsible for a smoker's death from cancer in the country's first tobacco compensation lawsuit.
Robet Lund died at age 67 in October 2000 from lung cancer. Before his death, he sued Norway's biggest tobacco company, Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrikk AS, alleging the company was aware of the health risks its produts caused.
He smoked Tiedemanns' products before he was diagnosed with cancer, and said the company should have warned him of the dangers.
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