Jump to full article: Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, 2007-11-08
Author: Justin D. Anderson Capitol Reporter
Intro: A massive tobacco trial involving more than 1,000 plaintiffs will likely go off as scheduled following a state Supreme Court ruling.
Justices on Wednesday voted 4-1 to refuse a petition filed by lawyers for five major tobacco companies asking they invalidate a plan for the trial devised by Ohio County Circuit Judge Arthur Recht.
Justice Brent Benjamin would have granted the petition.
Now it is likely that the trial will begin in March after nearly a decade of preparation.
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