1. Flight attendants inhaled a harmless amount of smoke from jetliner passengers equal to smoking about five cigarettes a year, tobacco industry attorneys said. 2. In addition, tobacco attorneys are eager to point out to a jury that the state of Texas has legalized tobacco and has collected taxes on it for years. 3. J. Phil Carlton, a tobacco industry attorney, contended that such an increase would be unjustified. 4. Massachusetts has not sued any tobacco attorneys, only the companies. 5. Morales was in Austin Monday and the tobacco attorneys were in New York. 6. On the other hand, the tobacco attorneys are well-known major donors to Democratic candidates. 7. That makes it more likely that the case can withstand the expense of a years-long battle with an army of tobacco attorneys. 8. The Austin American-Statesman erred in reporting Wednesday that tobacco attorneys had sought the gag order. 9. The Committee of Counsel was a group of top internal tobacco attorneys who discussed legal strategies in defending against litigation. 10. The documents, dug up by tobacco attorneys who sifted through state archives, could change the momentum of the case, said Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Gary Black. |
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