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• Both Sides Claim Victory in Tobacco Ruling 

However, a local attorney who fought the cigarette companies and won says the ruling will make it easier to try their individual cases.

Woody Wilner says, "The toll from this preventable epidemic is huge." . . .

Wilner says that case paved the way for another major decision a decade later, this time by the Florida Supreme Court. "The Florida Supreme Court has ruled cigarette smoking is addictive."

While class action lawsuits are no longer allowed, Wilner says he has up to 10,000 individual cases that are qualified to individually sue the tobacco companies for damages. "We intend to file as many cases that are presented to us."

Grady Carter is now a frail 76-year-old former smoker who survived lung cancer, and he too is pleased with the Supreme Court ruling. "I have many friends who were not as lucky as I and have died of lung cancer. Any way we can stop this, I hope they get compensation."

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