A regional court in the southern city of Krakow on Tuesday cleared the U.S. tobacco company Philip Morris and France's Seita of liability in causing lung cancer and the death of a Polish woman.
Published:
26 July 2000 y., Wednesday
Slawomir Lubicz-Sieniecki, 43, was seeking Zl 10 Million (euro 2.5 Million, $ 2.4 Million) in damages from the companies for causing "dependence on the cigarettes, the illness and suffering of his mother and himself, as well as compensation for expenses for his mother's treatment and burial" .
The court ruled that the plaintiff "did not prove that the death of his mother was caused by the actions of the cigarette manufacturers as cited in the complaint". Instead, Lubicz-Sieniecki, a psycho-therapist who treats drug addicts, was ordered to pay the tobacco companies 6,000 zlotys to cover their legal expenses.
The case, which began in December last year, was the first in which an individual in Poland tried to sue a tobacco company for smoking-related illness or death.
Šaltinis:
PAP
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
The world's first full face transplant appears in public, and thanks his doctors.
more »
China's fattest man hospitalized
China's fattest man, weighing 230 kg or 507 pounds, is hospitalised after being diagnosed with heart problems and kidney failure.
more »
A Chinese anti-smoking activist is on a one-man mission to eradicate smoking - one smoker at a time.
more »
A five-month old Siberian tiger with cataracts in both eyes becomes China's youngest animal to undergo surgery.
more »
The Commission has taken further steps against Germany for incorrectly applying EU rules on well established medicinal use when authorising medicinal products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC.
more »
Theold Bank today approved a US$$117.70 million IDA credit to India, designed to improve quality of and access to health services in the state of Tamil Nadu.
more »
Livestock at a farm outside of Seoul show symptoms of the highly contagious disease.
more »
A written declaration calling for EU-wide breast cancer screening for women, initiated by MEP Liz Lynne (ALDE, UK) had been signed by sufficient MEPs to qualify as having been endorsed by Parliament, announced the President, thanking those who had signed.
more »
The European Commission has earmarked €21 million for two new research projects on cancer, as part of an international research effort coordinated since 2007 by the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC).
more »
To mark World Health Day, WHO is launching a global campaign to raise awareness of the impact of increasing urbanization on the health and lifestyles of people around the globe.
more »