ASH's Sue the Tobacco Companies Information Act NOW Before It's Too Late!
This page tells you how and why
you should sue tobacco companies.
The tide has finally turned. Juries are increasingly willing to hold
tobacco companies liable for the death, disability, and disease which they
cause and award massive damages to smokers and their families.
Smokers -- and the families and estates of smokers who have died --
have been awarded millions or even tens of millions of dollars in
damages, especially after jurors have been shown previously-secret tobacco-industry
documents.
Not all smokers (or their families) are going to win, since the success
of each case depends upon the specific facts -- something which can only
be evaluated on an individual basis by an attorney skilled in this
type of litigation.
But smokers, and the families of smokers who have died, should act
quickly. Each state limits the time during which a law suit can be
brought, usually under a so-called "Statute of Limitations."
Law suits filed after this time has expired must be dismissed,
even if they would likely have been successful. So the clock
could literally be ticking on a potential case you or your family may have
against a cigarette company.
Don't worry if you don't have enough money to hire an attorney.
Most so-called "personal injury" law suits are brought on a "contingency
basis." This means that the lawyer's fee is contingent upon winning;
unless
the law suit is successful, there is no fee to pay. Moreover,
most lawyers will not charge for an initial evaluation of your
chances of winning -- especially if you follow the instructions on the
following page about the information to include in your initial letter
to a lawyer.
As a public service to help victims of the tobacco industry learn
whether they can bring a potential law suit, Action on Smoking and Health
(ASH), a 36-year old national legal-action charitable organization entirely
supported by tax-deductible contributions, has compiled a list of most
of the attorneys in this country involved in law suits against big tobacco.
The entire list of over 200 attorneys and their contact information is available by clicking the link at the bottom of this page.
Please note, however, that this information is available only to member-supporters
of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). To find out how you can become
a member of ASH on line, and to obtain access to this and other valuable
information for members as well as several special gifts, please click
here to learn the many benefits of joining ASH on-line.
Once you join -- which you can do conveniently on-line-- you will receive by e-mail the user name and password you need to unlock
this valuable information. Your other gifts will be sent to you
by mail.
Please don't hesitate. Otherwise the time limit for filing
YOUR law suit against the tobacco industry could run out, forever depriving
you and your family of any opportunity to obtain justice.
Once you have become a member of ASH, you can access the list of anti-tobacco
lawyers and the advice for contacting them by clicking on the following
link: Sue-tobacco-companies-page.html
Presented as a public service by Action
on Smoking and Health (ASH)
2013 H Street, N.W., Wash., DC 20006, Tel: (202) 659-4310
ASH, founded in 1968, is the national legal-action
antismoking and nonsmokers' rights organization which helped ban
cigarette commercials, started the modern nonsmokers' rights movement,
pioneered using legal action against smoking, developed novel legal
theories to protect children from tobacco smoke at home and in cars,
get lower health insurance rates for nonsmokers, fought tobacco
subsidies, and much much more.
ASH is
entirely supported by tax-deductible
contributions.
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