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Courts: A jury finds that cigarette makers are not responsible for the severe respiratory ailments of a former flight attendant.
Jump to full article: Los Angeles Times, 2001-04-06
Author: MYRON LEVIN / Times Staff Writer
Intro: Jurors in Miami on Thursday found that secondhand smoke did not
cause the lung disease of a former airline flight attendant, handing a
victory to the tobacco industry in the first trial of more than 3,000
individual suits claiming injuries from breathing the air in smoky
airline cabins.
The jury in Miami-Dade Circuit Court deliberated less than a day
before finding that cigarette makers are not responsible for the severe
respiratory ailments of Marie J. Fontana, 59, a former flight attendant
for Trans World Airlines.
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