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Lissy C. Friedman and Christopher N. Banthin are with the Tobacco Control Resource Center, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Mass. Richard A. Daynard is with Northeastern University School of Law.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Lissy C. Friedman, JD, Tobacco Control Resource Center, 102 The Fenway, 117 Cushing Hall, Boston, MA 02115 (e-mail: lissy@tplp.org).
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Viscusi is incorrect in stating that an interim settlement foreclosed the possibility that he could have been called to the stand in State of Minnesota and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota v Philip Morris, Inc, et al. The settlement came after the defendants close of testimony and closing argument; procedurally, it no longer would have been possible for Viscusi to testify at that time.
Furthermore, on April 21, 1998, an attorney for the defendants in the Minnesota case admitted in court that Viscusis expert testimony would include surveys that actually were commissioned by the defendants lawyers in anticipation
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