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The shredding of BAT's defence: McCabe v British American Tobacco Australia

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On 11 April 2002, a Victorian supreme court jury ordered British American Tobacco Australia to pay Rolah McCabe $A700 000 in damages. Rolah McCabe is a 51 year old woman dying of lung cancer. She is the first smoker ever in Australia to obtain a damages verdict against the tobacco industry

  • British American Tobacco
  • tobacco industry
  • legal damages

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