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R.J. Reynolds Says Jury Rules in Its Favor 

A Mississippi jury on Wednesday ruled in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a wrongful death suit brought by the widow of a man who smoked the company's cigarettes, Reynolds said. . .

Plaintiff Kay Nunnally, widow of Joseph Lee Nunnally, alleged that her husband's use of Reynolds cigarette brands caused him to develop lung cancer, resulting in his death.

``This jury agreed that this case boiled down to two simple issues,'' Michael Ulmer, R.J. Reynolds' lead counsel for the case, said in a statement. ``First, the plaintiff did not offer any evidence that the cigarettes Mr. Nunnally smoked were in any way defective. They offered nothing to the jury to support the notion that there was any feasible, safer alternative cigarette design that would have been used by Mr. Nunnally and that would have prevented his cancer.''

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