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Litigation

Apr. 23, 2005

Smoker Loses

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside Superior Court jury decided Thursday that Philip Morris Inc. was not to blame for a 51-year-old former smoker's cancer.

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside Superior Court jury decided Thursday that Philip Morris Inc. was not to blame for a 51-year-old former smoker's cancer.
        After deliberating just 2 1/2 hours, jurors decided that, even though Bruce Coolidge got cancer after smoking for 35 years, the habit didn't cause his illness.
        Thursday's verdict came after a fiercely contentious seven-week trial i...

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