Jurors Return Split Tobacco Verdict

The Times-Picayune reports that a New Orleans jury decided that tobacco companies should pay for programs to assist individuals in quitting smoking, but rejected the plaintiffs' request to finance medical tests and monitoring for smokers. The decision ends the first phase of the trial; the second will require the same jury to select the smoking-cessation programs and the third phase will require the judge to determine how much the companies must pay to fincance the programs.

Posted by AJR at July 29, 2003 08:36 AM