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LETTER: Only the lawyers win / Once again jurors gave money to relatives of a person who had a choice  

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Jump to full article: The Oregonian, 2002-03-27
Author: STEVEN C. BALL Fairview

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Michelle Schwarz [who died of lung cancer in 1999, after smoking for about 25 years] knew the risks of smoking. It seems that no one is responsible for their own actions anymore. They will say it's not for the money. Yeah, right.

The real winners in all of this are the lawyers. There will be years of appeals and the relatives probably will not end up with a dime once the lawyers get their hands on their share of the loot.

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