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Summary
A jury in Jacksonville, Florida ruled in favor of the R-J Reynolds tobacco company in a case brought to trial by an Orange Park woman. She had claimed R-J Reynolds was negligent and produced a defective product. JoAnne Karbiwnyk (carbon-nick) says the cigarette maker was responsible for her lung and brain cancer. After eight hours of deliberations...a jury found there was no negligence on the part of R-J reynolds. And that the cigarettes were nor unreasonably dangerous or defective. For the second time...Attorney Norwood Wilner has lost a tobacco lawsuit. The jury did not buy the argument R-J Reynolds misled the public about the dangers of smoking.
Footage Information
Source | CONUS Archive |
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Record ID | 1983 |
Story Slug | Tobacco Trial Verdict (10/31/1997) |
Location | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA |
Format | Vo/Sot* |
Date | 10/31/1997 |
Archive Time | 58:15 |
TRT | 1:06 |
Supers | Jacksonville, FloridaJoAnne Karbiwnyk, Former SmokerTheodore Grossman, R.J. Reynolds Attorney |
Video Description | WOMAN WEARING PEARLS IN COURTROOM, COURTROOM SHOTS OF LAWYERS, JUDGE, SOTs |
Description | A jury in Jacksonville, Florida ruled in favor of the R-J Reynolds tobacco company in a case brought to trial by an Orange Park woman. She had claimed R-J Reynolds was negligent and produced a defective product. JoAnne Karbiwnyk (carbon-nick) says the cigarette maker was responsible for her lung and brain cancer. After eight hours of deliberations...a jury found there was no negligence on the part of R-J reynolds. And that the cigarettes were nor unreasonably dangerous or defective. For the second time...Attorney Norwood Wilner has lost a tobacco lawsuit. The jury did not buy the argument R-J Reynolds misled the public about the dangers of smoking. |
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