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Imperial Tobacco Wins Battaglia Case in Ontario Small Claims Court 

Imperial Tobacco expressed satisfaction today that the Ontario Small Claims Court had rendered a decision to the effect that it was not liable for damages allegedly caused to Mr. Joseph Battaglia. . .

Mme Justice Pamela Thompson, who presided the trial, rendered her decision from the bench today. Speaking on behalf of Imperial, Don McCarty, Vice-President, Law, said: "This decision confirms the validity of our key arguments in this case, namely that there is nothing about our products which prevented Mr. Battaglia from quitting smoking, as indeed he has done numerous times in the past, and that his heart condition pre-dated his smoking Imperial's products."

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