Sentences with phrase «liability against a tobacco»

1960: Partners Kiendl and Chandler successfully represent R.J. Reynolds in one of the first products liability against a tobacco company, Lartigue v. R.J. Reynolds.

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By both outsourcing the misinformation campaign and allowing their scientists to publish research in peer - reviewed journals — where it was available to but largely unseen by the public — the oil companies tried to buffer themselves against the legal liability that took down the tobacco industry.

When most people think of product liability lawsuits they often imagine faulty kitchen appliances, poor building materials (asbestos), or media - famous lawsuits like those against the tobacco industry and McDonald's.