Besieged tobacco companies won a rare court victory when a jury in Muncie, Indiana, said a nonsmoking nurse's death could not be blamed on the secondhand smoke she inhaled while working at a veteran's hospital. Philip Wiley had sued six tobacco companies and two industry groups for US$13.3 million in compensatory damages in the 1991 death of his wife, Mildred.
Secondhand Smoke
Besieged tobacco companies won a rare court victory when a jury in Muncie, Indiana, said a nonsmoking nurse's death could not be blamed on the secondhand smoke she inhaled while working at a veteran's hospital. Philip Wiley had sued six tobacco companies and two industry groups for US$13.3 million in compensatory damages in the 1991 death of his wife, Mildred.
