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NEWMAN vs. LORILLARD, AND HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE, INC.

NEWMAN vs. LORILLARD, AND HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE, INC.

Description of Case:  Mr. Newman smoked a brand of cigarettes that had a filter that contained asbestos, and subsequently came down with an asbestos-related disease.  Lorillard made Kent cigarettes.  For four years in the 1950’s, (1952-56), Kent cigarettes contained the "Kent Micronetic Filter", an asbestos containing filter made by Hollingsworth and Vose.

This was a high profile case because it was only the second time a trial in the United States ended with a verdict against these tobacco companies for their asbestos containing filter.