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• NirrYak tesAsOSl.r a111736J010 Q1M8314111 Bosfar W/Us 071164L11 214 8 P F,4H1 VlDEO MONlTORING WNY1Y HVffiJG SERVICES (,1p5166F7157 Q609514009 Ofaa.PR10q L.P, 1607[anwpu/.SYte371 Tar7NePB/8W WD1SR'11P0 p10d0FUS 6f uaya Ip0.41/Ah lr. fiapa/sm R1940.4I1S1 R1966CI=1 M166dd36! MYtM01Ue XcuRar Ni.aM 20307110 p1317l41Gi5 p09963501 SI/GYId/ ply514/l60 TranscrJpt • • DATE August 22, 1996 TIME 10:00-10:30 PM (ET) STATION WTTV-TV LOCATION Indianapolis PROGRAM News at 10 Barbara Lewis, co-anchor: Are cigarette makers responsible for the death of an Indianapolis attorney who died of lung cancer? Our Sy Jenkins is at the City-County Building where the jury has been in deliberations now for over nine hours. Sy? Sy Jenkins, reporting: Well, Barb, this wrongful death lawsuit in which the Rogers are seeking unspecified damages has been in the hands of the jury, as you pointed out, for more than eight hours now. There's still no indication of any imminent verdict. The jury of five women and one man, including one smoker, this evening got little more than a hour dinner break from deliberations that started before one thirty this afternoon. They're trying to decided whether the nation's biggest tobacco companies are responsible for the death of Richard Rogers, an Indianapolis Attorney who died of lung cancer in 1987. Rogers' wife, Yvonne Rogers, claims his forty-five year addiction to cigarettes caused his death. But attorneys for R,J. Reynolds, Philip Morris, and two other cigarette manufacturers deny any responsibility. Disputing that it's ever been proven that smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer or is even addictive, one attorney told the jury, °cigarettes do not rob people of their free will", arguing that Richard Rogers could have stopped smoking at any time and for most of his life was aware of the reported dangers of smoking. But attorneys defending Rogers estate called the defense argument contradictory and that common sense tells you that cigarettes are a defective and unreasonably dangerous product. As one attorney for the plaintiff put it, "if you're at Churchhill Downs and hear hoof-beats, you don't think zebras." This case has generated national attention in part ~NatanMSUyp~eyVW..6mnUsda.S.venwrmyam/1wim,m/n.i~anayFirmsrrtA /a'l~+Wnnd~+ka.ropNcobWrlrpr6r6lor6Nhs fars ~ocuufm(Ma.Wfeusrrtrq7~do/n1Mi»aewxraymmrwnln'INwnapvr vAlS.Nka

• VIDEO MONITORING SERVICES OF AMERICA, INC Page: 2 because of the current move to regulate nicotine as a drug, and because of the possible financial impact of a verdict that is unfavorable to the tobacco companies in this case and a lot of others just like it. I'm Sy Jenkins at the City-County Building. Back to you, Barb. Lewis: Alright, Sy. Any cut-off time? Will they go to midnight and come back in the morning? Or have you heard anything like that? Jenkins: We've heard nothing in that regard, but remember this is the second time this case has been tried here in Indianapolis, and the last time it was tried, the jury deliberated for twenty-two hours over two days before they determined that they just couldn't reach a verdict. Lewis; Alright. Thank you very much. # # # • .. • ** TOTAL PRGE.03 **