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[West Virginia] A look back at WV tobacco litigation
More than a decade in the making and it's not over yet for West Virginia's tobacco litigation cases. A Kanawha County jury recently returned a verdict finding in favor of the defendant tobacco companies in all but one of six claims.
May 23, 2013
Charleston (WV) State Journal
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May 23, 2013 13:28
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[West Virginia] If you smoke 'em he's got 'em
What does Boggs want his customers to remember about his business? “We are a one-stop tobacco shop,” he says. “If you can smoke it or chew it, Tobacco Town has got it.”
Feb 10, 2013
Beckley (WV) Register Herald
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Feb 10, 2013 11:17
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[West Virginia] Big victory for Big Tobacco in Kanawha County
"It's virtually a complete defense victory," said Jeff Furr, attorney for R.J. Reynolds. The jury of five women and three men did not find evidence that punitive damages should be awarded. They also decided cigarette companies weren't negligent designing
May 15, 2013
Charleston (WV) Gazette
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May 16, 2013 09:16
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[West Virginia] Bowling: higher tobacco tax would lower smoking rates
Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Karen Bowling agreed Tuesday that raising state tobacco taxes would reduce the state’s high rates of smoking and tobacco use. ..answering a question raised by Sen. Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, about the eff
Jan 27, 2015
Charleston (WV) Gazette
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Jan 28, 2015 13:38
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PROPOSED WEST VIRGINIA TOBACCO TAX NOW IN LEGISLATURE
Kessler, D-Marshall, has introduced SB 420, a bill that would increase the tax on other tobacco products, as well as ad a 45 cent tax on cigarettes and a 7.5 cent per milliliter tax on e-cigarette liquid.
Feb 19, 2016
HalfWheel
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Feb 20, 2016 16:18
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West Virginia Jury Rejects Most Claims and Punitive Damages in Consolidated Trial
A unanimous West Virginia jury today rejected all but one of the plaintiffs’ claims in a consolidated trial involving approximately 600 individual lawsuits against the major tobacco companies. In reaching its decision, the jury also rejected the plaintif
May 15, 2013
Altria Group, Inc.
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May 15, 2013 15:17
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[West Virginia] WVU employee battles tobacco policy
Dennis Cole, an employee of the Health Sciences Center for 23 years, recently filed a third petition against West Virginia University’s policy banning tobacco on campus. ... Walking past the library or behind Woodburn, it’s easy to see that students stil
Sep 25, 2015
Daily Athenaeum (West Virginia University)
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Sep 25, 2015 14:46
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[West Virginia] Tobacco trial
Cigarette companies begin arguments today in a West Virginia lawsuit that accuses them of ignoring the health of smokers. The companies are hoping to cast doubt on a class-action claim that healthy smokers need free diagnostic tests to protect them from
Nov 1, 2014
WTVM-TV Ch. 9 (Columbus, GA)
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Nov 3, 2014 11:24
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[West Virginia] WVU Smoking Ban Being Challenged
A lawsuit has been filed to stop the enforcement of West Virginia University's campus-wide tobacco ban scheduled to begiin on July 1st. WVU research assistant Dennis Cole and student Kyle Gregory filed the suit in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Wedn
Jun 14, 2013
WAJR (Morgantown, WV)
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Jun 14, 2013 01:00
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[West Virginia] Jury in Kanawha County mostly sides with tobacco companies
After deliberating for about four hours, jurors sided almost entirely with tobacco companies Wednesday in a case that involved hundreds of West Virginia smokers.
May 15, 2013
Charleston (WV) Gazette
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May 15, 2013 15:21