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Jury won't pin blame for nurse's lung cancer on R.J. Reynolds; Company argued she never tried to quit smoking

By Glenn Minnis | Wednesday, Apr 3, 2019 @ 11:43am

DEDHAM, Mass. (Legal Newsline) - A state court jury in Massachusetts has absolved R.J. Reynolds of all liability in the death of 54-year-old nurse Dawn O’Toole after lawyers for the tobacco industry giant stressed to jurors her habit of smoking was predicated on choice and she never really tried quitting.