Absent intervention by the Florida Supreme Court, this would appear to be a terrible blow to the class of sick smokers in Florida. |
It's historic. They've been able to weigh the evidence and conclude what we all know -- that these products do cause disease and do kill people. |
The development rights of the ... property predate the ordinance. |
They hid key information about the harmfulness and addictiveness of the carcinogenic properties of their product. But additional medical complications made it tough for this jury to pin all of [Leila Schwartz's] health problems on the cigarette company. |
This jury is getting the message that the plaintiffs' lawyers have been sending them for two years now. |