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Salomon's Feldman on Tennessee Tobacco Verdict: Analyst Comment 

``It's very good news for the industry in that, had it lost, it would've painted a particularly difficult outlook for tobacco litigation going forward. The win suggests that the West Coast losses were the result of two factors: the liberal bias of the West Coast, and the judges, who were far looser with the amount of plaintiff-oriented evidence allowed into trial.'' ``The industry is clearly well-served in those states where it needs to be found more than 50 percent to blame.''

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