Posted on 09/04/2007 11:12:51 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Smokeless Ping!
‘Snuff said...............
If you win a ridiculously large jury award and give all the plaintiffs "just a little bit," it's very easy for the attorneys rake in millions and millions.
It's because of craziness like this that then-Gov. George W.Bush signed a law in Texas that basically says the only way a suit can be settled with coupons is if the attorneys also accept payment in coupons!
“the terms are nothing to sniff at” indeed.
Now the company will pay out the nose. Some lawyer musta blown it. What a snort though. Still 816 million ain’t nothing to sneeze about. You ain’t a real cowboy if you don’t have a skoal ring in the seat pocket of your jeans.
How does UST providing coupons for their product help Conwood? Although the coupon scheme is suppose to be punishment isn’t the use of coupons used to stimulate sales? Wouldn’t it be better if UST had to issue and redeem Conwood coupons?
UST should tell everyone that they are not going to sell the product anymore, and point to the specific lawyers involved as the reason.
The guys I know that are addicted to this stuff would not be happy campers.....
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I find chew a disgusting habit, but I’ll fight to the death to defend their right to chew!
My bad habit may be next on the docket. :)
Can you send me some coupons?
Nanny state Ping..........
Unlike the “soak the smoker” master settlement agreement this one actualy does give the consumer something...........albeit nothing copared to what the blood sucking lawyers get.
"Ah horsesmurf, I thought it was a smurf settlement."
LOL! I still say, “Have a Smurfy Day!” quite often. ;)
"This is different than when you get a $50 coupon toward the next TV you buy because the one you just bought doesn't work," said Chris Athanasia, a UST lawyer. "These are high-value coupons for products that people buy every week."
As if snuff had any benefits for its consumers.
http://www.smokersonly.org/others/what_others_are_saying.html
Chewing tobacco is 98% safer than smoking, and no more dangerous than driving a car. Don’t believe it? Do a little research. The anti-tobacco Nazis are liars.
I live in Illinois, not Wisconsin and I use Levi Garret not Copenhagen. I’m trying to figure out if there’s anything in this for me......... Nope, can’t stretch it quite that far. There will be a plenty for the lawyers though.
If the BSAs (Blood Sucking Attorneys) received their $17M in coupons, you can bet the 'settlement' would have been DOA as soon as it was offered.
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