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Widow, Big Tobacco In Court 

Jury selection scheduled for today in 8-year-old lawsuit
Jump to full article: Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger, 2000-06-26
Author: Beverly Pettigrew Kraft / Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer

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Jury selection is expected to begin today in Hernando in an 8-year-old wrongful death lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Kay T. Nunnally filed suit in 1992 over the 1989 death of her husband, Joseph Lee Nunnally.

Jurors are expected to hear testimony from relatives and acquaintances that he started smoking between the ages of 8 and 10 and smoked for 27 years, said Charles Merkel of Clarksdale, one of the attorneys representing Kay Nunnally.

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