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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 d justices Rule for parents in polio vaccine lawsuit Page 4 d recruit screening for phobias urged Page 5 d who succeeds As a Marine guard Page 9 d nil May look outside . Or More games sports Page 21  Kcf Ficili Public atom Foft the . Aimed to Oettl vol. 47, no. 59 wednesday june 15, 1988 08693 a jury rules cigarette maker liable in death of smoker Newark. . Ai i a Federal court jury monday ruled for inc first time thai a cigarette cum pan was partly responsible fur Hie death of a smoker finding thai lit i to Ruup inc. Failed id warn me Public about the dangers of cig Arctic and violated its premise to pro Duce a Safe product. The jury awarded s4i  to Anto Nio Cip Allanc whose wife. Ruse died of lung cancer in i9s4. But rejected his cd Iii of a conspiracy arming the Ihrcke tobacco companies that produced the cigarettes his wife smoked. Liggett Lorillard inc. And i Philip mor Ris inc. Were exonerated of conspiring to mislead the Public hum the dangers of smoking. The damage a ird was based on the jury s finding that  violated its expressed Promise to consumer to mate Safe product thus Lutu Ribling to mrs. Cipollone a Denih i also found that Liggett failed to warn the Public about the dangers of cigarettes bul awarded no Punili a dam Ages because in Imd mrs. T Polione 80 percent responsible fur Herd Cash mrs cipo Lohl when Hogan smoking when she was 18. Was 58 when she died. She smoked Chesterfield and Lam cigarettes both made by Liggett before Congress required health warnings be Prink a on cigarette packs in 1966. She later switched to Brandi  a the Morris. Cipollono s main attorney Marc z. Edcell said he would ask the judge to a photo Antonio Cipull nne Waves la reporters Afler jury guarded him 5400,0011 in hire s Deulah. Overturn the jury s decision thai Liggett pay no damages for the suffering of mrs. Cipolione. That Money would have gone to her is Lac unlike the $400,000 that goes to Cipollone. I think the jury for whatever reason did t like Rose Cipollone. That s the problem. They never met Rose Cipol Lone he  he did not know if the verdict would Lead to More tobacco liability suits. To hts lob eco companies have claimed for the last 20 years that they arc Invin  said Alan Darnell another at or Ney for Cipollone this shows they a Enol. They arc just like any Oiler Compa  Liggit attorney James Kearney said he was pleased by inc verdict. The jury specifically rejected any claims of Puni Tive damages he said. The floodgates have been closed even firmer than they were  anti her Liggett attorney Donal Cohn. Said he regarded the jury s award of 5400,000 Ai sympathy and said he would Appeal. This is basically a Victory for the de sense he said. Cipollone 64, of Lakehurst. Said hews glad the trial  Over and i m glad the verdict came out Halfway a  it was t 100 percent. I m glad that we won partial but it s a Start he said. Asked if his wife would be Happy see smoker on Back Page Thatcher wants report on soccer violence British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is de manding a report on violence by British soccer spectators in Stuttgart. West Germany amid a new wave of anger and shame ,11 the notorious behaviour of softer fans  Disseldorf. Meanwhile there were fears of More violence As thousand i of English fans were arriving fur wednesday s match Between Britain and the nether  senior go Ein men official in London said Thatcher is very concerned and fears among other things that the Drunken Rowdy behaviour will Dimase Britain s business interests in  newspapers prominently reported the latest outbreak of violence m clashes involving English. Irish and West German spectators a or England s 1-0 i t eat by Ireland in the european championship at Stuttgart on sunday. Do Ensol in Rinh fans were a fretted. Under headlines such As England fans in riot  Battle in us Etgart and Drunken Kan give Naii   newspapers carried Long accounts of the disturbances. English clubs Suim been barred from european com petitions since the Hessel stadium tragedy in Brussels in May i js5, but the ban excludes the National earn. A hey set. 3 j Fain mail italians were killed when they were attacked in English fans at the european champions cup final Between Liverpool and Juv ii Lus of Turin. Mure than 45 people were injured in the tragedy that shocked the world and focused attention on violent soccer fans. Handfuls of rowdies wearing shorts displaying the see soccer on Back Page an English soccer fan expresses his displeasure at bin arrested by German police after a match in stut Kurt  
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