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Litigation

Mar. 10, 2000

Woman Says Tobacco Cos. Duped Her

SAN FRANCISCO - Leslie Whiteley was duped into her pack-a-day smoking habit, her attorney told a jury during closing arguments Wednesday in a case being closely watched as a potential harbinger of tobacco liability actions following the 1998 tobacco settlement.

By Tyler Cunningham
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Leslie Whiteley was duped into her pack-a-day smoking habit, her attorney told a jury during closing arguments Wednesday in a case being closely watched as a potential harbinger of tobacco liability actions following the 1998 tobacco settlement.
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