Lorillard Stubs Out Suit Over Asbestos Cigarette Filters

By Ryan Davis (January 21, 2010, 3:58 PM EST) -- In a case brought by a man who claims 1950s Kent cigarette filters that contained asbestos caused his mesothelioma, a California state jury has found that Lorillard Tobacco Co. was not negligent in making the cigarettes and that the filter was not defectively designed....

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