Tobacco.org

Smokers want another trial: ; Evidence unheard, lawyers argue, in medical monitoring lawsuit [Source: Charleston Gazette, The] 

The state Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether a lower court should have to re-hear a lawsuit in which West Virginia smokers want tobacco companies to pay for special testing for lung cancer, emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. . .

The jury declined to find that the companies make a defective product and rejected the claim that they should pay for hundreds of millions of dollars in testing for smoking-related diseases.

The Supreme Court will decide whether the smokers should get a new trial based on claims by their lawyers that the trial court made legal errors and that the jury was biased against the smokers from the beginning.

Jump to full article »