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Decision seen as important European precedent
Jump to full article: Helsingin Sanomat (fi), 2001-08-06
Intro: Finland’s Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit in which Tampere resident Pentti Aho had demanded that a tobacco company pay FIM 460,000 in damages for diseases caused by smoking.
After Aho’s death of cancer of the larynx, the lawsuit was pursued by his widow and son. Lamenting the court’s decision, the Aho family’s lawyer Erkki Auerjärvi called it a great victory for the international tobacco industry.
The precedent is the first
of its kind in all of Europe.
"The tobacco industry was afraid that a different decision would have opened possibilities for similar cases in other European countries. The Finnish tobacco case has been followed very closely Sweden, Norway, and Denmark."
The decision was welcomed
by Gavin Little, CEO of British American Tobacco Nordic.
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