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3/16/2006 6:11:00 AM | US city to pass landmark secondary-smoke law 
=(0) Calabasis California has passed the first law in the US banning smoking in any public place, indoor or outdoor. This follows a move by the California Air Resources Board which classified second-hand smoke as a toxic air contaminant. Health officials say that thousands of non-smoking Californians die each year of heart disease and cancer related to ...
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3/15/2006 12:26:00 PM | Formal sentencing In McDonald's hoax case =(0) A Kentucky teenage girl is suing McDonalds for $31 million in a bizarre case involving the store manager, the teen's boyfriend and a man on the phone pretending to be a police officer who directed a sexual assault on the girl. Criminal charges against the perpetrators are also in progress.......
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3/15/2006 11:39:00 AM | Georgia Supreme Court Ruling Seen Aiding Tobacco Cos >RAI =(0) A Georgia Supreme Court Ruling is seen as an important precedent for a pending Florida case. The Georgia court ruled that a settlement in 1998 precluded state residents from pursuing additonal lawsuits for punitive damages for tobacco use. However the suit is still active in Federal court..........
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3/15/2006 12:19:00 AM | Georgia Supreme Court Bars Punitive Damages From Individual =(0) RJ Reynolds Tobacco, the second largest tobacco company in the US, stands to benefit from a Georgia court ruling that prevents Georgia residents from pursuing punitive damages from companies that signed the tobacco settlement agreement in 1998. The suit in question, by the family of a lung cancer victim, does return to federal court.......
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3/13/2006 7:03:00 AM | If You Can Hear Me: Face the Music, You My Friend, Are a Pu**y =(0) This article compares the relative merits of the recent Sony iPod lawsuit about ear damage from excessive volume, to the lawsuit against McDonald's for keeping their coffee too hot which resulted in burns to customers. The author contends that with an iPod you can adjust the volume - you have a choice - but with coffee there is no choice and there ...
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3/2/2006 10:11:00 PM | Orange Park Family Sues McDonald's =(0) A four year old girl who was made ill by eating McDonald's french fries is at the center of a new wave of lawsuits against the company. The girl, who suffers from celiac disease, has an intolerance to gluten, a wheat product................
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2/28/2006 10:07:00 AM | Ill. considering safe cigarette law =(0) The State of Illinois is considering a law that would force all cigarettes sold there to be "fire safe", that is, they would extinguish if left alone for 90 seconds. Such laws already exist in New York, California and Vermont. Fire safety experts groups support such laws but a spokesman for the tobacco company RJ Reynolds said that it would cause c...
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2/28/2006 3:08:00 AM | Key doctor in tobacco lawsuit unlikely to outlast payout =(0) In 1999 a jury in Miami awarded $145 billion to a class of plaintiffs who claim the tobacco industry misled them about the dangers of smoking. That case is still in appeal. The story profiles the lead planiff, a retired Miami pediatrician who, at 86, is so ill he does not expect to live to see any of the money if the award stands.......
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2/26/2006 2:13:00 AM | Reynolds likes the problems cash brings =(0) This article discusses the liquidity of Reynolds American, the parent company of RJ Reynolds Tobacco. Even though the company generates a high cash flow and has more cash than debt, its bonds are are rated below investment grade because of litigation worries. Two cases in particular are pending, one in Florida and one by the US Government alleging ...
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2/23/2006 7:51:00 AM | McDonald’s faces lawsuit after nutritional info slip =(0) Do McDonald's fries contain wheat and milk ingredients? The company has issued conflicting statements on the matter in the wake of lawsuits alleging incorrect labelling. The information is crucial for those suffering food allergies and intolerances. McDonalds has also been sued for allegedly not living up to its promise of reducting trans fats in ...
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2/21/2006 10:24:00 PM | McDonald's French Fries Headed To Court =(0) Conflicting messages from McDonald's about the presence or absence of wheat and milk products in their french fries have angered consumers in Texas. The story describes the difficulties faced by the family of a little girl who cannot eat milk products but who ate the fries. Tests are underway to determine if they contributed to her illness............
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