Cornered: Big Tobacco At the Bar of Justice
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080504292X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 52 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It began in Mississippi as an outraged country lawyer discovered the costs of cancer care. business history and laid bare unprecedented corporate fraud. Suddenly, an untouchable industry was under siege. It began in Kentucky when a $9-an-hour law clerk stole three boxes of incriminating company documents. Three years and 33 million documents later, Big Tobacco had been cornered. It began in New Orleans with the lung-cancer death of a small-time lawyer. Though the $369 billion they have offered to buy peace has been attacked as "too little, too late," it represents a capitulation of monumental proportions. Dramatic, funny, enraging, it offe
"Good background - but limited to Mississippi Lawsuit" according to A Customer. This book was obviously well researched, and contains an excellent summary of the litigation history basically starting with the initial leaked Merrill documents through the Mississippi settlement. There is also some coverage of the Caprione lawsuit. The books strength and value is how well it lays out the solid legal foundation for the current wave of lawsuits.I liked the coverage of the Mississippi players, and this book. A Customer said Free At Last - No Choice Until Now. Imagine reading and finding that disease you have had or developed wasn't one you had chosen to have?. Imagine a substance freely sold nation wide and in fact world wide, totally subsidized by a humane society and government to wit U.S.A. and deliberatly concealed by both as one which the user 'chose' to kill them selves with being at last freely described as 'addictive'. Destroying the myth of over 75 years that Americans. Great Story about Modern Day Gunslingers Interesting read about how a diverse group of attorneys took their diverse viewpoints and their greed to forge an alliance which brought Big Tobacco to the table.
Despite the staggering numbers, the deal has been labeled a sellout by many health groups and lawmakers alike. Moore, later joined by 39 other states' attorneys general operating on a different front, sought to go after the tobacco industry to receive payment for Medicaid bills to treat those with smoking-related diseases. On one side, deeply entrenched, rested the mammoth legal forces representing the tobacco industry, hardened by nearly continual attacks since the early 1950s and supported by enormous war chests that usually allowed them to hang on until their oppo