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, 1v PITTSBURGH PRESS' r Pittsburgh Pennsylvanta , m ~'~s*ppril 1, 1960 ~~~ Test SF~apes Up Here ' }~,: ~ i On Trial t~ igarets f MB•.. NN/rAY / ase ~-::w~,1 f . .-. - . .. . . . - ..1 ;u.' ~. r'd'fE.t'pertr studywaqto stoa cancer doarn, Pagcf.1 :Fa1•~.....,.. .. V.ifSc[rrtinn of a jury`began in Federal Court today for W hat i4,tomrx~ifrom Otln t'ritehard, a Brookline rar)x•nter, who ~Dettan his IeRal right Itt~19,S1, _ ; a year aftrr oue af his lungs ~'ia•as rrmm•rd ~. In a cancer . .'operatlon , -, . ~'Mt. Prild ard:, 61.• brought iult agaiii,t the Liggett & yyers Tobacco Co. with the ~i" n cer. ncer was ,._teharge that his a caused by, his long use of Ches- - : ferffeld cigarrts•: - • Yi ~+ ~'-'Hee said lie smoked Chrster• ~/ ~prlde regularly for 23years. ~.r, _ T1m d.lay In brinsing the ault In trial i was reported4v , esused by the vast amount ot research and preparatlon .ltt were, ~•,..by~awyera In.ol.ed in the Iia tabaccoresearcho and medl ~ to geV some of thee distin • Making false and mislead. M y `~.•. cina It wtll be heard by Fed guished witnesses we h a v c ing representalions to the pub- S +~ Representing Mr. Pr[tchardlera! Judge John 3itllet been successful in calling," lic with respect to the safety and contents of the producL ti~~ ~ Y 1• t~ y r: ATTORAiFY EARL AEED„ The question of cigarets and t'. , 4 ;r u7 ~ e " representing Liggett & lityen, cancer has been argued for ~ ~ sai "'d:W' ,. .;.. ..- years, but this could be the s~ e are going to show you~ first time its answered in Ya,+t !'something of Mr• Pritchard's court. ,I1m?piqY{ 1 2 hit We are oing to show Pioiildd ~ sorevus smar cases ene _~~ Y v . he wo ked iit o c u p a t 1 o n s in mistrials In Mlami and New ~` which . are recognized to have Orleans, and a West Coas ~t extremely high lncidence obplatnlift talled to bring a suit' "lung cancers to trtal '- _ ..+- . ~ laookhne He workedd as a carpenter 1~ antl metalworker, and we will ~: show you he had lung trouble T {~ long before the opetation." • r1t~~ ~y~ r CLll l,SI1S Pritchard said he had a blood c clot m a vessel leadmg to a t ~ cO lung a year before the mnttr operatton 250 ~ t ,'~1 1Va*~F iOV ~ - ,r ~ ~ ,,; ' HE SAID HF occasionally G Both stdes told a]ury switched brands of clgarets i:;2 thett ctands today in a Fed- after starting smoking Ches- N terficlds in 1924 and occasion ierall Court swt' which may ally turned to a pipe or ci(;ars {}` f'tocus'the attention of the ;vvorld's cigaret ' smokeson but always went back to Ches ;~ µ~, r. ~ittkhur h. terfields. He also said he t" g 1`- would quit now and then lor a $1,250,000 action by a a wcek. °A: A Y ~'4': Brookline man against Liggett Reed tald'the jurors they - ~- may turn out to be a national test case involving a canttr,& Myers Tobacco Co., and the would have to be convinced - . 4,question at' issue is: that Chesterfields alone caused t~~ vicrim's cl4im against a cigaret manu[acturer. '' Did smnkin • -,, g Chesterfield Pritchard's lung cancer [n If the case goes to trial on blonday as expected: It will , .c.. , ~`cigarets cause.lungcaneertn order to return averdiM ~C be Ihe titct ot lTS kind ever' ~thee plaintitb7"`a .; .- ainst Li '°M1"hrord AA similar suit on thc~are sitnmrys James P. Me - g ggett. &14leyers.~-' +--The suit was firought tiyEh R' b .vrn a decision tat Ches ~~ ~~Wrsf Coast last year was d'us-IArdle and James Mclaugtthn '"~Otto Pritchard aD 1R33 ., 60. terfii•.Ids wcrea contributin ~'•~ mf.csed .y ti~Appearinginbehalfo6Liggett .~Pioneer Ave„ BmokLne car- factor wouldn't'~ be enou h y~ & Mtttdbi g t .yers will be aorneys Earl ' ~pennM' mak~ er an aaer, r .,MRrrd' . The claim for damagrs 'Reed andKenneth.Jackson of 'r :-_ . .. ,.said. He a]sosaid :~ ;'~f ~~t SAID HES\tOKED A ~~"I want tocaution you about Pittsburgh,, and FredHaas o New York City a~-= carton of Chesterfields a week the crusaders. These are hon '~~~ The cigaret firmL is spe• ;for 299 years until stricken in cst crusaders, but.t they. are -, ~+. `. cifically charged on three 1953 o nvYn c e d lung cancer ;{f :,, ,Y `; The morning before under- caused by cigaret smoking ~ counts t': -Negligence In failing to going removal of part of a They write a great many knnw that the use of Its ^ lung was the last time Pritah• m^re articles and say more --; ,-~ cigarets over a long pertod ~~azd smok~d. I; - •' .i:. :: than the body of the medical ' That was Dec 11 of time could cause a hazm. 1953. He profession I±;~~, < ttvv ,`~ ti„„ 'salai hasmoked two packages . ., lulidisease. y'. ,y.. i t ' In two hours and' 15 minutes 'THE SU1T ACCUSFS the . -Misleading and false adver Askco wh•v, he replied ~+.;, firm of negli ence in these Using In making smokers "q didn't think I was going respects: believe that its cigareU -to smoke any more." . 0 Design ana . manufacture were not harmfuL .. PritcTiard'a attorney, J• P. of Chesterfield'clgarets. }tpr +~~~~ -Negligent design ot tha ' Mckrdletold the jury of seven 0 Failuree to warn ... at In• clgarets; women and five men: herent The trial, which is expected "I'his is not' a frivolous case danger which the de „}x fendant knew or should have to run at Ipast three weeks ''nor an experiment in law I! kidI i ,.nown exste'nts product 'C+ will.involve numerous experts . we would not be ablc