Court Upholds Secondhand Smoke Case
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A state appeals court upheld a &#36;500,000 award to a flight attendant who blamed secondhand smoke on airliners for her bronchitis and sinus trouble &#151; a decision Wednesday that could clear the way for damage trials on up to 3,000 similar claims.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Philip Morris USA, refusing to disturb a court ruling that threw out a $10.1 billion verdict over the company's "light" cigarettes.
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a constitutional challenge by tobacco companies to Minnesota's 75-cent-per-pack health impact fee on cigarettes.
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In a closely watched case, the justices upheld protections for secondary players in securities-fraud schemes.
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A new ruling has given class action status to smokers who bought cigarettes marketed as lower risk for potentially large anti-tobacco lawsuit
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A Louisiana appeals court cut a $591 million verdict against tobacco companies by more than half and limited the kinds of smoking-cessation programs the money can be used for.
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The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a constitutional challenge by tobacco companies to Minnesota's 75-cent-per-pack health impact fee on cigarettes.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police do not violate the constitutional right to privacy when a dog sniff of a vehicle during a lawful traffic stop turns up contraband.
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The government&#39;s effort to prove that tobacco companies used fraud and deception for decades to keep Americans smoking moved Wednesday into a federal appeals court
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the government's cutoff of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip, a court spokeswoman said.
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Cops who faked a fender bender, a car theft and then a police chase in order to search a car for drugs did not violate the Constitution, an appeals court rules.
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A Montana mother who allowed her 18-month-old baby daughter to inhale from a marijuana water pipe on several occasions was properly convicted, but should not have to spend five years in jail, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday.
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Smokers, beware: This bedroom community near San Francisco may soon put you in the same category as rodents, junk cars and weeds. The Dublin City Council gave preliminary approval last week to an ordinance declaring secondhand tobacco smoke a public nuisance, a move designed to make it easier for residents to take to court neighbors who puff with impunity.
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A US court rejects a government lawsuit accusing the tobacco industry of covering up the effects of smoking.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday  upheld a lower court decision to throw out a &#36;145 billion  punitive damage award against the major tobacco companies, a  big victory for the cigarette industry.
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The Supreme Court this week let stand rules that keep menorahs and Christmas trees in holiday displays - but not cr&#232;ches.
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WASHINGTON - Second hand smoke can cause cancer. Itâs what the surgeon general says, so too the Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization.