The court is stupid. Nobody forced a 14 year old to smoke and where were her parents to guide her? Oh, I forgot. This is a black issue so the parental factor is irrelevant. Secondly, there is no moral basis to pay indigent blacks $71,000,000. (tax free I might add; not that they pay taxes in the first place)If somebody was handing out free poison candy would they be held liable because some idiot ate it? This is precisely why there should be no respect or trust in our judicial system. It has no commmon sense.
P.K. Please. There is plenty here to criticize without bringing up race. There have been similar outcomes to the benefit of poor white folks in recent years. What should have been taken into account here: Was this woman required to prove free cigs were given to her at age 9? Might she have grabbed them from a nearby adult? Is there actual written evidence of a campaign directed at kids? This is a rediculous judgement considering all we know about cigaretts. You just seem ticked off that a poor black person won a lot of tax free money. That is not the point here at all. What is the point is that we have known cigaretts to be killers for years yet judges with pre-existing biases allow such rediculous awards to whomever choose to bring a suit like this.
So did they give her 1 free pack? or free packs for 50 years? she did not develope lung cancer or become addicted from 1 pack, unless maybe they gave her some crack to go with them Newports. And Attorney’s wonder why nobody likes them!! Sometimes you have to take responsbility for your own actions, it is not always somebody elses fault.
Dear Tisk Tisk: don’t be a racist. The article mentioned the plaintiff was black hence my basis for citing it. Fact of the matter is, black or white, the “estates” of these people are attempting to belly up to the trough to make some quick, un-deserved money because they were incapable of making it honestly in life. Plaintiff lawyers are mining databases and signing up people with a promise of winning the lottery. As for my other comments, they’re rooted in fact. As you can tell, I don’t buy into this “political correctness” crap. It is what it is.
The country is going down the _hitter because nobody is ever responsible for their own bad decisions. To make matters worse, the courts and some juries are stupid and out of touch with reality in making such outrageous and un-conscionable awards.
So, why didn’t you say it that way in the first-place? I’d believe your comment have nothing to do with race if I did not read your other comments today on IJ.
I find it interesting that several of the posts complain about the plantiffs not accepting responsibility for their own actions but no one here seems to feel that the cigarette companies should accept responsibility for their own actions.
These companies have made business decisions for decades to advertise to children and do whatever else it takes to get children to start smoking and they have been very successful in these efforts. Think about it; of all the people who smoke, how many started at age 18 or later.
Being asked to accept responsibility for these actions seems absolutely fair and reasonable.
I agree that this country is going down the tubes because of unwillingness to accept reponsibility. The tobacco companies “enticed” me when I was young and the military did too by making cigarettes available to me for 16 cents a pack. I quit smoking about 25 years ago when I was in my forties and if I should develop a tobacco related cancer, I’ll blame myself, not someone else. No one made me smoke for 30 years…that was my choice.
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The court is stupid. Nobody forced a 14 year old to smoke and where were her parents to guide her? Oh, I forgot. This is a black issue so the parental factor is irrelevant. Secondly, there is no moral basis to pay indigent blacks $71,000,000. (tax free I might add; not that they pay taxes in the first place)If somebody was handing out free poison candy would they be held liable because some idiot ate it? This is precisely why there should be no respect or trust in our judicial system. It has no commmon sense.
Your comments are really gonna spark a few people off! Should make for some good reading!
P.K. Please. There is plenty here to criticize without bringing up race. There have been similar outcomes to the benefit of poor white folks in recent years. What should have been taken into account here: Was this woman required to prove free cigs were given to her at age 9? Might she have grabbed them from a nearby adult? Is there actual written evidence of a campaign directed at kids? This is a rediculous judgement considering all we know about cigaretts. You just seem ticked off that a poor black person won a lot of tax free money. That is not the point here at all. What is the point is that we have known cigaretts to be killers for years yet judges with pre-existing biases allow such rediculous awards to whomever choose to bring a suit like this.
So did they give her 1 free pack? or free packs for 50 years? she did not develope lung cancer or become addicted from 1 pack, unless maybe they gave her some crack to go with them Newports. And Attorney’s wonder why nobody likes them!! Sometimes you have to take responsbility for your own actions, it is not always somebody elses fault.
I don’t agree with the verdict at all but P.K. your comments are racist and hateful. Post your garbage elsewhere.
Dear Tisk Tisk: don’t be a racist. The article mentioned the plaintiff was black hence my basis for citing it. Fact of the matter is, black or white, the “estates” of these people are attempting to belly up to the trough to make some quick, un-deserved money because they were incapable of making it honestly in life. Plaintiff lawyers are mining databases and signing up people with a promise of winning the lottery. As for my other comments, they’re rooted in fact. As you can tell, I don’t buy into this “political correctness” crap. It is what it is.
The country is going down the _hitter because nobody is ever responsible for their own bad decisions. To make matters worse, the courts and some juries are stupid and out of touch with reality in making such outrageous and un-conscionable awards.
So, why didn’t you say it that way in the first-place? I’d believe your comment have nothing to do with race if I did not read your other comments today on IJ.
I find it interesting that several of the posts complain about the plantiffs not accepting responsibility for their own actions but no one here seems to feel that the cigarette companies should accept responsibility for their own actions.
These companies have made business decisions for decades to advertise to children and do whatever else it takes to get children to start smoking and they have been very successful in these efforts. Think about it; of all the people who smoke, how many started at age 18 or later.
Being asked to accept responsibility for these actions seems absolutely fair and reasonable.
Fine, but the amount is not fair and reasonable. Just another verdict to enrich the trial lawyers and give the family a lottery win.
I agree that this country is going down the tubes because of unwillingness to accept reponsibility. The tobacco companies “enticed” me when I was young and the military did too by making cigarettes available to me for 16 cents a pack. I quit smoking about 25 years ago when I was in my forties and if I should develop a tobacco related cancer, I’ll blame myself, not someone else. No one made me smoke for 30 years…that was my choice.