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Lawyers for Tobacco Companies Breathe a Weary Sigh of Relief -- Memphis Business Journal -- 1999-05-17 

After 18 months of pre-trial work, three Memphis attorneys - Leo Bearman, Albert C. Harvey and Lee Chase - spent the past 17 weeks in the courtroom as the local lawyers working on what is considered certainly one of the longest legal cases in recent memory in Shelby County.

The attorneys successfully represented the three tobacco firms in which three separate cases were consolidated before a single jury. The jury reached a verdict on Monday (May 10) that the tobacco companies were not responsible for the deaths of three long-time smokers.

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