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Old 07-21-2014, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mtdjed View Post
Recent Florida Jury punitive damages award for $23B against RJ Reynolds .

What are your thoughts?

My thoughts:
No smoker in this day can say that he did not know the risks. The USG has broadcast the dangers and even made the manufacturers put warnings on packaging and ads.

I believe that claims against manufacturers should be deemed frivolous and dismissed. I know there might be some rare situations, but to even have a trial and the expense of a trial is ridiculous and simply a tool to make money for the legal profession.

Just trying to provoke a non political discussion.
This is the result of mass brain washing. If the media spews the government line over and over long enough, the 40% of Americans that are functionally illiterate nod their heads in agreement. Few think for themselves in this day and age and even fewer are willing to accept responsibility for their own actions.
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