This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Ex-smoker wins 20 million in tobacco suit
In San Francisco a dying ex-smoker Leslie Whiteley and her husband won 20 million dollars in punitive damages from Philip Morris and R J Reynolds, with 10 million from each company. The same jury also awarded 17 million in compensation last week for deceptive industry conduct. Whiteley, 40, from Ojai, began smoking in 1972 and quit in 1998 after small cell lung cancer was diagnosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Superior Court
Philip Morris
RJ. Reynolds
Leslie Whiteley
Whiteleys
R.J. Reynolds
Florida
New Jersey
Portland
John Munter
Whiteley
Ojai
California
Tobacco
Madelyn Chaber
Whitely