PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J Liberman TI - The shredding of BAT's defence: McCabe <em>v</em> British American Tobacco Australia AID - 10.1136/tc.11.3.271 DP - 2002 Sep 01 TA - Tobacco Control PG - 271--274 VI - 11 IP - 3 4099 - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/11/3/271.short 4100 - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/11/3/271.full SO - Tob Control2002 Sep 01; 11 AB - 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