European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A. Court says saturday july 28, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 May be sued Trenton . Apr warnings on cigarette packs do not protect tobacco companies from liability suits the new Jersey supreme court has ruled. The court said thursday that juries should be Al wed to decide whether tobacco companies Are to be held liable for the damages their products May cause previously Federal rulings gave tobacco companies immunity from smoker death lawsuits filed after 1966 when Congress ordered labels placed on cigarette packs. The court was ruling on a lawsuit filed by Claire de Wey of Wyckoff in 1982. Her husband Wilfred Dewey had died a year before on his 50tb birthday from lung cancer after smoking for More than 40 years. _ Dewey had smoked camels Tare tons and viceroys and his wife filed suit against the makers of those cigarettes re Reynolds tobacco co., american brands and Brown amp Williamson tobacco corp. _ Marc Edell an attorney representing Dewey hailed the ruling As a groundbreaking decision. A a it a obviously a tremendous win for us in these cases a Edell said. He said it Marks the first time that either a Federal appeals court or a state supreme court has held that the 1966 Federal cigarette Labelling and advertising act does not protect tobacco companies from lawsuits brought since then. He said it also paved the Way for the . Supreme court to examine the Issue. Richard Daynard a Law professor at northeastern University in Boston and chairman of the tobacco products liability project called the ruling the a most important positive development in tobacco litigation in the last  tobacco company spokesmen reacted with disappointment and anger a the Preemption ruling flies in the face of decisions in the supreme court of Minnesota and five Federal courts of Appeal As Well As numerous rulings in state and Federal trial courts a re Reynolds said in a statement read by spokesman Jim Fyock Martin London a new York attorney representing Brown amp Williamson termed the ruling a aberrant and  a a a or. Wayne Border University of Utah researcher explains differences in Ceils at press conference thursday. A to sufferers of kidney disease new York apr a disease that can cause kidney failure has been arrested in rats by an experimental drug raising Hopes for a new human therapy researchers said thursday. The disease called glomerulonephritis strikes perhaps 100,000 americans a year researcher or. Wayne Border said. A medication like the one used in the Experiment May someday be Able to Stop the diseases progression so patients  need dialysis or transplants he said. Such a treatment May also work for a similar kidney complication of diabetes and High blood pressure Border a kidney specialist at the University of Utah school of Medicine in Salt Lake City said. The rat study was published thursday in the British journal nature. The work raises Quot exciting possibilities Quot in a new line of research said or. Ira Greifer professor of paediatrics and Nephron orgy at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in new York existing drugs done to always work and can produce major Side effects he said. Glomerulonephritis is an inflammatory process that can destroy Ball shaped kidney structures called glomeruli. The structures help remove wastes from the bloodstream. If destruction is extensive enough wastes can accumulate in the bloodstream and cause death. Glomerulonephritis can appear by itself or in conjunction with a chronic disease called Lupus Strep Throat or a variety of infections. The researchers gave rats a form of glomerulonephritis by making the rats disease fighting in . Although the cause of the human disease is not Well understood such an attack frequently appears to play a key role they said. Be fined $10 million for defense pact fraud Philadelphia apr a Federal judge fined general electric co. $10 million thursday for overcharging the government about $8 million for an army Battlefield computer system. . District judge Lowell Reed or. Called the Fine a adequate fair and in the Best interest of the  assistant . Attorney Nicholas Harbist said the Fine was the second largest criminal Fine imposed in any defense contracting Case. The largest he said was $ 17 million against Northrop in a Case involving defective parts for a cruise missile. Federal prosecutors said be agreed to pay the Fine and waived its right to Appeal. Reed also sentenced Gerald a. Leo 52, a former employee of management amp technical services co., a be subsidiary to 10 months in prison and joined him $15,000. Leo was convicted on four counts of mail fraud and one count of trying to deceive Federal investigators in Faa plans to ground pilots for drug dui violations the Case. A the never did anything a his wife Mary yelled As Reed handed Down the sentence. Leo will remain free while his Case is appealed. James Badolato 43, was convicted of one count of obstructing Justice and one count of trying to deceive investigators. He was sentenced to five months in prison and fined $10,000. Prosecutors said the company also agreed to pay $8.3 million to Settle re Sands of time Laird civil suits and $11.7 million to Settle unrelated civil suits. Be the nations second largest defense contractor was convicted in february of four counts of mail fraud and 282 counts of making false Clairm. The government charged that the be subsidiary did not Tell the government in 1983 that it had shaved its costs by hiring substantially less expensive subcontractors to help build the Battlefield computer system. The defense contract was Worth $250 million. Washington apr the Federal aviation administration adopted a Rule thursday designed to ground pilots who violate Drunken driving Laws or Are convicted of traffic offences involving drugs. A this kind of behaviour indicates an attitude that we believe is not compatible with Safe flying a said Faa administrator James . Individuals applying for an Faa required medical certificate must consent to the release of information from the National Driver Register to enable the Faa to review motor vehicle information. Pilots also would be required to provide notification to the Faa on each alcohol or drug related driving conviction or administrative action. The Faa could deny an application for a Pilot certificate or take action to suspend or revoke an existing certificate if the Pilot received two or More alcohol or drug related convictions or administrative actions within three years after the Rule takes effect. The air line pilots association said no one was available to comment. The pilots groups called the Nile a a switch Hunt Quot and said a the existence of alcohol related driving convictions does not correlate to flying a commercial Airliner while intoxicated. A Federal District court upheld this principle when it ruled that there was no basis for drawing a similar connection for commercial truck  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jul a 28 1950 a president Truman said he had no plans to use the atomic bomb m the korean conflict.30 years ago today july 28, 1960 a vice president Richard m. Nixon won a civil rights Victory at the Republican National convention in Chicago when the platform committee reversed itself and gave him most of what he had been demanding.20 years ago today. A july 28, 1970 a fire bombs were tossed into a Houston Bank and a Market after 250 police officers fought Black militants in a Battle that left one Man dead and four wounded.10 years ago today. July 28, 1980 a deposed Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi died of cancer at age 60 in a Hospital in Cairo Egypt. A