RJ Reynolds told to pay wife of cancer victim $23.6bn

[Mojo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28389273

wat

[Mister Kyle]

share i tbed

[Vio]

Several similar cases have resulted in smaller payouts after the state's highest court ruled that smokers and their families only had to prove addiction and that smoking caused their illness.

So on top of Google Fiber, I can get paid for becoming addicted to smoking.
Moving back to the US seems like a pretty good move right now.

[Toby]

Only in 'Murica

[Owen]

Several similar cases have resulted in smaller payouts after the state's highest court ruled that smokers and their families only had to prove addiction and that smoking caused their illness.

So on top of Google Fiber, I can get paid for becoming addicted to smoking.
Moving back to the US seems like a pretty good move right now.

a) google fiber is coming UK
b) it's not that he got addicted, it's that the cigarettes weren't labelled/informative enough about the risks of smoking

Good luck finding cigarette packets nowadays that don't have "smoking kills" on them.  (This guy died in 1998, long before health risk notices were mandatory).

And even if you did find a packet that wasn't labelled, you would probably only be able to sue the retailer not the manufacturer for selling old, unlabelled cigarettes.

Check mate atheists.

[Vio]

Several similar cases have resulted in smaller payouts after the state's highest court ruled that smokers and their families only had to prove addiction and that smoking caused their illness.

So on top of Google Fiber, I can get paid for becoming addicted to smoking.
Moving back to the US seems like a pretty good move right now.

a) google fiber is coming UK

Stop reading the Telegraph.

[Owen]

Several similar cases have resulted in smaller payouts after the state's highest court ruled that smokers and their families only had to prove addiction and that smoking caused their illness.

So on top of Google Fiber, I can get paid for becoming addicted to smoking.
Moving back to the US seems like a pretty good move right now.

a) google fiber is coming UK

Stop reading the Telegraph.

Oh well.

You still won't be able to sue a cigarette company for millions, no matter how fast your internet is.

[Vio]

Several similar cases have resulted in smaller payouts after the state's highest court ruled that smokers and their families only had to prove addiction and that smoking caused their illness.

So on top of Google Fiber, I can get paid for becoming addicted to smoking.
Moving back to the US seems like a pretty good move right now.

a) google fiber is coming UK

Stop reading the Telegraph.

Oh well.

You still won't be able to sue a cigarette company for millions, no matter how fast your internet is.

Gonna be getting 100MB/s with current provide in September anyway, that'll do for now

[Karlfischer]

On one hand, I'm glad to see the the tobacco industry take a hit.  On the other, this is a ridiculous amount of compensation for one individual.  For example, if this amount went to the American Cancer Society of similar organisations it could do a whole lot of good.

[Asaads Wife]

Several similar cases have resulted in smaller payouts after the state's highest court ruled that smokers and their families only had to prove addiction and that smoking caused their illness.

So on top of Google Fiber, I can get paid for becoming addicted to smoking.
Moving back to the US seems like a pretty good move right now.

TF I wish i got paid for smoking when I did. What a rip off