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By Duff Wilson, NY Times Published: November 20, 2009      Legal experts predict that thousands of tobacco lawsuits could gain momentum in Florida after a Fort Lauderdale jury ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million to a former smoker who says she needs a lung transplant.    If it survives an appeal, the [...]

Posted November 12, 2009 The Clarion Post   A Warren County jury has awarded $7.6 million to a former sandblaster who developed severe silicosis.    The verdict is the first silicosis case to go to a jury in Mississippi.    Robert Eastman sandblasted for about 25 years at Marathon Letourneau in Vicksburg and used Mississippi [...]