Glendale resident wins smoking lawsuit
Patricia Henley, diagnosed with lung cancer in 1998, finally beat
big tobacco.
Two years after a state appeals court awarded Henley $10.5 million
in a lawsuit against Phillip Morris USA, the United States Supreme
Court on Monday declined Phillip Morris' appeal, according to wire
reports.
A jury originally awarded Henley, a Glendale resident, more than
$50 million in 1999.
The trial judge reduced that number to $26.5 million, and an
appeals court reduced the total to $10.5 million. Because the Supreme
Court is not considering that case, that number should stand. Henley
could not be reached for comment Monday.
Candidates ready to make more rounds
Candidates for the Glendale Unified School District Board of
Education and the Glendale Community College Board of Trustees races
will meet today in a forum hosted by the Glendale Council PTA.
The event will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the board room at
Glendale Unified School District headquarters, 223 N. Jackson St.
The forum is open to the public and will also be broadcast live on
Charter Cable Channel 15. The broadcast will be repeated several
times until election day in afternoons and evenings.
For more information, call the district's headquarters at (818)
241-3111.
City Council candidates will appear at the Glendale-Burbank
Republican Assembly forum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Clancy's Crab
Broiler, 219 N. Central Ave.
The Rossmoyne/Mountain Homeowners Assn. will hold a forum at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday for city clerk and city treasurer candidates at Fire
Station 21, 421 Oak St.
The Women's Civic League of Glendale will host a forum Thursday
for candidates running for city treasurer, school board and Glendale
Community College Board of Trustees.
The forum begins with a social hour at 11 a.m. followed by a
luncheon at noon.
The luncheon costs $13, and reservations are required.
The News-Press and "The Larry Zarian Forum" will present a
two-part candidates forum. Half of the City Council candidates will
appear on Zarian's show from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, facing questions
from Zarian and News-Press reporter Josh Kleinbaum.
The other half of the candidates will appear on March 31.
