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Product Liability

May 17, 2002

Lockyer's Work Is Helping Both Sides in Tobacco Battle

SAN FRANCISCO - Make no mistake whose side state Attorney General Bill Lockyer is on in the high-stakes war against Big Tobacco. His office submitted an amicus brief and exhibits the size of a small book supporting the plaintiffs in the two landmark personal injury suits against the tobacco industry that were heard last week by the California Supreme Court.

By Peter Blumberg
Dialy Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Make no mistake whose side state Attorney General Bill Lockyer is on in the high-stakes war against Big Tobacco.
        His office submitted an amicus brief and exhibits the size of a small book supporting the plaintiffs in the two landmark personal injury suits against the toba...

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