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-r:,.°~.Y;cti+q'..;n:.q~'i<nS^i~4'aMa<rs,OiY(!'r+rT,?'w;11RRi~qAMl~p~y:' • - AahL FW1hVCfSC . ALG 2•4 1991_-_ " Crgarette Prrr•~s " - overturned on appeai. Richard Daynard, a law protes" • ~tI • sor at Norttteastern Univetsity in W,M ~,~.~t ~Y~~ Bostoaand•chiirmanofttieTobac• /~ ~I/ co Products Liahtltry Project said yesterday's rhling does not mean .;,r that tobacco companies have re• ' Death of Smokir gained momentum in the courts. "You.wia aome, you.lose some, That's uorinal In lawsuits," be aaid• 'Yt sounds like, for whatever rea- Foreman : says ;jury y focused son, the piaintiff's attorney didn't succeed indriving home the point : that companies on `personal `responsib~iIity~ been lyingandcigarettedeceivlag the havepuh- - lic. regulators and •kids" about the addictive properties of their prod- '..Wodaled f}e.e r43 -. The Rogers verdict, coming'on ' ucts for the last3D or moreyears•" Indianapolis a day when President Clinton ]m- In closing arguments of the tn• A jury found yesterday ttiat posed historic ]iniitt on"the.mar dianapolislawsuit;R'hichsoughtat cigarette companies were not re. ketmg of cigarettes to ehildren, leasr ¢424,800 in damages, plain- sponsible for a.smoker's cancer took on added Importance as the tttt's attorney G Warren Holland death, a break for a- n3"7ustry that Industry wondered whether the told jurors Rogers was addicted to lost a similar lawsuit this month tide of optnlon.ip America's ¢ourt- cigarettes even before the 1984 and faces new federal regulations, ' room-haa turned-against it: Ciga• surgeon. general's warning, and Afterdeliberatingl8hours,the"` rette makers have long boasted that tobacco companies were state )ury rejected claims by the thattheybaveneverpaidacentin awareallalorigthattheil':product widow af Richard Rogers that the damages "or settlement, in health• is "unreasonabLy dangerous." companies were to blame for his , relatedsuitsbroughtbysmokers. Holland also said the compa- sntoking addiciion, which began at .' - Kqe;eettj.todo.aatttlebetterin ' nies should be held responsiblefor ~ age 5 and ended with his death in courtrooms - than in newspapers . making cigarettes addictive. "This 1987 at 52. . and on televisio>i;'Bill t)blemever, is not Just a habit." Tobacco lawyers said Rogers an attorney for"co-defundantPhil• chose to smoke, despite warnings . Ip Morris Cos.. said after the ver- Wtlling3ntokar of the potential risks. dict But the tobacco companies said "M1S'e were very strong in our AwanMSS ef anslars " Rogers bad continued to smoke Yeeting that personal responsibiy- wlllingly, and was up to three ty is very important." said Jury A disappointed Yvomte Rogers packs a day, despite a public per- foreman David Anderson. "This ' said that the trial served to raise ception of dangers heightened by case is not a case of whether ciga- awareness of the dangers of smok• the surgeon general's report and tng'and that she does not believe rettes are dangerous." then by cigarette warning labels., her husband died in vaia. When asked by a tobacco exee- N "I'm very sorry we've lost this utive shortly before his death why ~ battle," she satd. "I don't believe hehatln tatopped amoking.earller, ~.t it's the end of rhee war against the Rogers had responded; •"i.reaily ~ tohact'o industry.' . didn't want to quit," Phllf Morris ~ A Florida fury earlier this lawyer David Hardy urorsh month awarded i7b0,000 to a man After the verdict, Hardy said, ~~ who got lung cancer after4d years "We're very encouraged: This was 00 ~ oismoking-Itwasonlythesecond i a decision reflecting the feelin~ t the • a Jury haa ruled aga ns time of all the members of the u industry. The tirst verdict was We'll take the victory, than u." The other companies involved in the lawsuit were R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., a unit of ab co Holdings Co.; American obacco Co., owned by B.A.T. fndustries PLC; and Liggett Group' Inc. of Brooke Group PLC. TTS£:xPj 6L'd Lb~L 96. 9L 6nH