In the latest example of “regulation through litigation,” a New Orleans jury decided Monday in a class action case that tobacco companies should pay for stop-smoking programs for healthy Louisiana smokers — even though the jury also decided that cigarettes are not a defective product. The jury did, however, “reject[] a claim that the companies should finance medical tests for up to 1.5 million current and former smokers, saying free checkups for smokers who show no signs of disease aren’t necessary.” (“Jurors give split tobacco verdict,” The (N.O.) Times-Picayune, July 29; “Medical Monitoring,” National Public Radio, July 29).
Jury: healthy smokers get stop-smoking program, no medical monitoring
In the latest example of “regulation through litigation,” a New Orleans jury decided Monday in a class action case that tobacco companies should pay for stop-smoking programs for healthy Louisiana smokers — even though the jury also decided that cigarettes are not a defective product. The jury did, however, “reject[] a claim that the companies […]
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