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+•r~- i'=:.-~ ~.. r~ ^y;.'1 3, 1960 7!j' r Caacer Suit -'~.. Miaml -- Both sides in a~`1.5 million lung cancer damage suit agaiast the "~~` ~ ;Americaa Tobacco Co. claimed victory today, and it appeared the jury's . supported their eLaims r~w~y_ ~ X), ~ ~.~; The 12-member Juztyy composed of 11 smokers and one noa-smoker, ruled yesterday V,that Miami contractor Edwin P. Green died as a result of 30 years of heavy cigaret ~r~Se ~ smokiag. • But the jury disallowed damages against American Tobacco by Green's estate.t '` 7-A -.:.- ,+c ~..; kSr~~?~It was the first time the- question of whether cigarets ean'cause lung cancer has ever reached a jury in the United States. -9 . ~~ Q, \ v1 ~ Larry V. Hastings, attorney for the estate, said his side had won a"moral qS- • n°~' . We hope the findings wiLl provide the impetus to make them (tobacco companies) ~ ~' "'~~'~'take steps toward producing a safer cigaret," Hastings said. -'rs'.da?Of?. ~ He said he did not believe the ftlry's decisionht lad'fit migeo many more sus ~k agsiast tobacco firms, sayingthat each case of lung cancer is different ~' ,, uat y ~ ,r ;- ,-~~~ r~Ia New York, American Tobacco Viee President Alfred r. Bou3en said, "It is ~:k:gratifying that the first jury to decide a lung,eancer case has returned a verdict ._in favor of our company. -"Testia:ony by doctors and scientists during the trial brought out the faat 7:;~-Ahat the theory of cigaret smoking as the cause of'cancer of the lung is not 'z`substantiat'ed." csused' ~ tLe Iung cancer was.by his ]ur~ Re~ects amokfng Lucky Strike cigarets, aad' whether the American~ To- ~~' .~;,,nas bacco Co. was liable for his death. - n^-'• The jury answered yes.on~the '-" amage Clairn f,nt three questions but no on , the last. Eleven of the jurors are dgaret In Cig Deafih smokers. The 12th does not smoke. - . A Point to Ponder „ Miami, Aug. 2(UPII: Afed- A court official s:aid'thee jury's : jury ruled today that verdicb.indicated'it felt thaithr eral cou: danger ofcigarets in causinga. biiami man died as a result'of caneer was not known suffieient- amoking cigarzts for 30~yeara tiut.lyin February, 1956~- when ~ . refused'tohold'the American To• Green'~s cancarr w'as" discovered - ' baeco Co. liable.to hold the companyliable. The deeision eame efter 10 This posed the legal question hours of deliberationin a fL5 of whethertheverdict servesno- mililon damage suib filed bythey tiee ort ~igaretmanufacturcrs eststee of Edwin P: Green, whothat they might behelde liable died in 1958 of lung cancer. It t~ th'e [uture. was the first time such a suit,. A similar damage suit agaiust'directlyattacking a tobaccoman- Liggett QsblyersToba~ceo. Co. at ufacturer over the.disputed claim hz tjudge ordereds diiect d~ ern that cigarets may cause lung t eancer, hadgoned to a jury. dict of acquittal, tossing outa. Ruled on Three Pointa ' Z1,2n0,000 damage suit filedd b.• Otto. Pritchard, Pittsburgh raNi~-T¢e 12-memEer jury ruled on netmaker, Pritchardd contended hr four questions: whether Gteen- contracted lung cancer froe & hadl lungu cancer; whether lung smokingChesterfield cigarets to• cancer causedd his deathj' whether yg years. New York, New York August 3, 1960 ~. A Federal court jury ruled that a Miami man~ died ass a result oD amoking: cigarets torf0years butt refused to holdAmerican To- ' bacco Co. liable for his.death. A. f1:Smillion damagesuit had been f9ledd by the estateof. Edwin P. Grecn,,who died In 1958 of lung can- cer. Howcvem, lhee jury, held that'~ the danger of rigacrts in causrng cancer was not known sufficicnllyin February, 19;8--when Green's - canecr was dYscovered-tohold the tobacco, . company liable.~ . . , , . .. . j . . . - . . .. ,.. :. ..,: ,