More than 300 similar damage suits have been brought and the tobacco industry has won them all.
Lawyers said, however, that damage suits could be filed against both.
Eventually he found himself as a defendant in a big damage suit, but won the case.
I was angry at first, and wanted to bring a damage suit.
"The manager is too fearful of a damage suit to play any tricks."
The agency has six months to respond before a damage suit can be filed.
They are not even cause for a civil damage suit.
The expected damage suits could cost the city millions of dollars.
Changes to the rules governing damage suits have been a political issue for at least two decades.
However, the city of Buffalo filed a $10 million damage suit to block the move.