I’m sure that hacking every morning didn’t tell you that smoking was going to kill you.
As a former smoker I can tell you that I didn’t need warning labels to tell me that it was bad for me. I knew with every puff I took. It’s time for personal responsibility folks. Stop with the lawsuits!
i think this will finally go to the us supreme court. because, if the fl supreme court disallowed the class-action suit, it’s looks like the 700k still pending suits that it’s going to wipe-out the money from reynolds and then they won’t have enough to pay out the class-action…
truly i think this headache, is the smokers fault.. like the previous person, how many actually read labels? does everyone read labels on the current cans of food they purchase? NO! i like the fact that the jury did say the smoker was at-fault as well. i think the amount is exorbant and needs to stop these high payouts. afterall, he did live til 68 and probably worked and may have retired. juries don’t look at that, they just look at the pocket book of the big companies. this has got to stop.
Crazy!! $26.6 million to the family of a smoker that lived until 68. So if I croak early of a heart attack, can my family get rich from a settlement w/ Snuffers Restaurant?
and you thought about this being a smoker…i just thought, what about those so-called second hand smokers? how much can i get out of them after living a 68 yr old life?
Am I losing my mind, or didn’t the Feds and the 50 states each settle with the big tobacco companies for about $170 Billion a few years ago? I though the whole point of that agreement was that was the end of these type of individual lawsuits…..
This kind of thing makes me hate to be called an American. If he was 68, he probably hadn’t smoked for long before the surgeon general started his public campaign about the dangers of smoking! I’ve been a smoker for 25 years, and for crying out loud, I knew the risks when I started. (Says a lot about me, doesn’t it?)I keep waiting for the class actions against McDonalds and Burger King for the heart attacks all those big macs and fries caused. Where will this insanity end????
The stupidity of the responses makes me hate that you’re called Americans.
The tobacco industry denied for decades that it was manipulating nicotine levels and even that nicotine was addictive.
You should try evaluating the information that a verdict is based on rather than relying on your own ignorance and emotions to form your opinions for you.
Interesting: Your response makes me wonder if you have any common sense at all. Who doesn’t know that smoking is bad for you?
It’s called PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Look it up. Or do you need someone to do it for you because you are afraid you’ll get a paper cut from the dictionary.
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I’m sure that hacking every morning didn’t tell you that smoking was going to kill you.
As a former smoker I can tell you that I didn’t need warning labels to tell me that it was bad for me. I knew with every puff I took. It’s time for personal responsibility folks. Stop with the lawsuits!
i think this will finally go to the us supreme court. because, if the fl supreme court disallowed the class-action suit, it’s looks like the 700k still pending suits that it’s going to wipe-out the money from reynolds and then they won’t have enough to pay out the class-action…
truly i think this headache, is the smokers fault.. like the previous person, how many actually read labels? does everyone read labels on the current cans of food they purchase? NO! i like the fact that the jury did say the smoker was at-fault as well. i think the amount is exorbant and needs to stop these high payouts. afterall, he did live til 68 and probably worked and may have retired. juries don’t look at that, they just look at the pocket book of the big companies. this has got to stop.
Crazy!! $26.6 million to the family of a smoker that lived until 68. So if I croak early of a heart attack, can my family get rich from a settlement w/ Snuffers Restaurant?
and you thought about this being a smoker…i just thought, what about those so-called second hand smokers? how much can i get out of them after living a 68 yr old life?
This is unbelieveable.
Each day that passes, we are becoming a society of no personal accountability and lottery winners.
Kind of makes you sick, doesn’t it?
Am I losing my mind, or didn’t the Feds and the 50 states each settle with the big tobacco companies for about $170 Billion a few years ago? I though the whole point of that agreement was that was the end of these type of individual lawsuits…..
This kind of thing makes me hate to be called an American. If he was 68, he probably hadn’t smoked for long before the surgeon general started his public campaign about the dangers of smoking! I’ve been a smoker for 25 years, and for crying out loud, I knew the risks when I started. (Says a lot about me, doesn’t it?)I keep waiting for the class actions against McDonalds and Burger King for the heart attacks all those big macs and fries caused. Where will this insanity end????
The stupidity of the responses makes me hate that you’re called Americans.
The tobacco industry denied for decades that it was manipulating nicotine levels and even that nicotine was addictive.
You should try evaluating the information that a verdict is based on rather than relying on your own ignorance and emotions to form your opinions for you.
Interesting: Your response makes me wonder if you have any common sense at all. Who doesn’t know that smoking is bad for you?
It’s called PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Look it up. Or do you need someone to do it for you because you are afraid you’ll get a paper cut from the dictionary.
Hi Plymm. Your response makes me wonder if you’re mentally challenged. :-)