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• Jurors picked for tobacco trial 

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2001-09-06
Author: The Associated Press

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Jurors will hear opening statements Monday in a lawsuit aimed at forcing the tobacco industry to provide free, annual medical monitoring to healthy West Virginia smokers.

The pool of potential jurors was whittled to 19 Thursday afternoon, and lawyers were making their final cuts late in the day to get a panel of six with four alternates, Ohio County Circuit Clerk Brenda Miller said.

Jurors will have a day off Friday and begin hearing what could be months of testimony at 8:30 a.m. Monday.

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