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Major cigarette liability trial postponed until June
2/5/2010 9:00 AM By Steve Korris  -Kanawha Bureau

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CHARLESTON -- Lawyers starting a giant product liability trial against cigarette makers couldn't find enough open minds to fill the jury box.

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• Three women sue CSX for asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis
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  Kentucky resident Sally Broessel, pictured here in 2004 with her granddaughter Miranda, who was 9 at the time, has accused Raleigh Circuit Judge John A. Hutchison of fraud in ruling on her yet-to-be filed petition to re-open the adoption of Miranda, now 15, by her stepfather. In a lawsuit she filed in U.S. District Court, Broessel alleges Hutchison mistook her appliction for a fee waiver as the petition, and had a member of his staff threaten her with criminal prosecution for pointing out the error. (Photo courtesy of Sally Broessel)
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