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Cornered: Big Tobacco At the Bar of Justice

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This book was obviously well researched, and contains an excellent summary of the litigation history basically starting with the initial leaked Merrill documents through the Mississippi settlement. There is also some coverage of the Caprione lawsuit. The books strength and value is how well it lays out the solid legal foundation for the current wave of lawsuits.

I liked the coverage of the Mississippi players, and this book provides great background to the current wave of lawsuits, it is incomplete by nature (since the lawsuits are still occurring), basically ending with Mike Moore's initial deal.

I was very disappointed in the coverage of the Minnesota players. Mr. Pringle dedicates one chapter to the Minnesota lawsuit, and treats them as bit players to (in his opinion) the central figures of Moore and Scruggs. There is also no coverage of the Texas nor Florida lawsuits. He also does not take the time to present the case from the Minnesota, Texas nor Florida points of view, using only Mississippi's legal case. In light of the recent settlement decisions, and document releases this is disappointing.

Since the issues are changing so quickly, much of the information in this book is getting dated, despite the new release status of the book. (The recently released 39,000 documents from the Minnesota trial occurred after this book was published for instance) However, the strongest elements of the state lawsuits are well laid out and I would consider buying the sequel.

Imagine reading and finding that disease you have had or developed wasn't one you had chosen to have?. Imagine a substance freely sold nation wide and in fact world wide, totally subsidized by a humane society and government to wit U.S.A. and deliberatly concealed by both as one which the user 'chose' to kill them selves with being at last freely described as 'addictive'. Destroying the myth of over 75 years that Americans as well as citisizens of our entire Earth freely chose to use, therefor making the purveyors untouchable in the US Courts of Justice when brought to the bar of justice for redress admitting ipso facto Yes We Have Lied. Imagine your father dieing of lung cance (2 Packs of Pall Malls) your mother dieing of heart attack (2 Packs of Viceroys) and yourself now smoking Marlboros to the tune of 2 packs a day. Then behold your five children two of them now smoking. Three (12, 10, and 9) already exposed to the deadly toxins we have exposed them to. Read This Book!!. If your angry after reading it - your normal. If your not then you cannot read or lack comprehension. Sincerely Bob Jones, Sr. A Smoker since 14 years old now 55 years old and for al intents and purposes already dead in so far as the Big Tobacco Lobby is concerend and no help in sight unless Jerry Spence see's this and wants another cause to help some poor slave (me) with.