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AHLERT: America's End: Not With A Bang, But A Lawsuit 

Jump to full article: New York Post, 2001-04-09
Author: Arnold Ahlert

Intro:

Ailing flight attendants have 3,100 more cases that "tobacco lawyer" Jonathan Engram said would be "vigorously pursued."

Translation: We lost this one, but we've got 3,100 additional shots at getting just one jury dopey enough to come down on our side, even though all we've got is junk science on second-hand smoke. All we need is one, and we'll line our pockets like nobody's business. Flight attendants are the tip of the iceberg. Office workers, waiters and everyone else with a job where someone is smoking will line up to sue, even if all they've got is a sinus attack. With 31 million cases going, we're bound to win some.

Are you getting tired of it yet? [This graph only]

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