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Author:

Sergis, Diana K.

Title:

Cipollone v. Liggett Group : suing tobacco companies / Diana K. Sergis.

Publisher:

Enslow Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

128 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Cipollone, Rose,--d. 1984--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Liggett Group--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Trials (Products liability)--United States--Juvenile literature.
Products liability--Tobacco--United States--Juvenile literature.
Cipollone, Rose,--d. 1984--Trials, litigation, etc.
Liggett Group--Trials, litigation, etc.
Tobacco industry.
Cipollone, Rose,--d. 1984--Juvenile literature.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company--Juvenile literature.
Trials--United States--Juvenile literature.
Tobacco--United States--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125) and index.

Contents:

Big tobacco -- Building a case -- The road to the Supreme Court -- The arguments for Cipollone -- The arguments for Liggett Group, Inc. -- The decision -- Where we stand today.

Summary:

Examines the Rose Cipollone case, the first case of its kind to reach the Supreme Court on the issue of whether or not "big tobacco" should be held responsible for harm their products cause to those who choose to use them. Offers an historical overview of this issue as well as discusses the Court's split decision in the case.

Series:

Landmark Supreme Court cases

ISBN:

9780766013438 (alk. paper)
076601343X (alk. paper)

LCCN:

00009787

Locations:

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)