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• In Wake of Bombings, Courts Seek Return to Normal (Update1) 

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2001-09-12
Author: Susan Decker, William McQuillen and Greg Stohr

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Judges in West Virginia and Louisiana delayed lawsuits that seek to force U.S. tobacco companies to pay for regular health check-ups for smokers.

A judge in Wheeling, West Virginia, postponed a class-action trial against Philip Morris Cos., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. and other cigarette makers until Monday at the lawyers' request. In New Orleans, the Louisiana Supreme Court postponed arguments, scheduled for today, on whether some jurors were properly removed from a similar tobacco lawsuit in that state. [This graph only]

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