Reply #76: I don't know how many of them panned out [View All]

In 1997, a class-action lawsuit brought by flight attendants in Florida against Northwest Airlines for
exposure to second-hand smoke resulted in a $300 million settlement. The suit represented 4,000
flight attendants who were forced to breathe tobacco smoke on international flights. The flight
attendants also have the right to sue individually after this decision.
http://no-smoking.org/oct97/10-10-97-2.html

In 1998 in the United States, a teacher who was a non-smoker, successfully sued the board of
education because he contracted tonsillar cancer. He shared an office with a chain smoker for 26
years. The judge ruled that employers are required to provide safe working conditions.
New Jersey Law Journal, August 10, 1998 http://www.junkscience.com/news3/etswc.htm

In Australia in 2000, a woman successfully sued a restaurant for damages resulting from a two-
month-long attack of asthma, which resulted from second-hand smoke in the restaurant. She sued
for breach of contract, breach of duty of care in negligence, and occupiers liability. Magistrate
Michael Smith said the operators of Tien restaurant owed its patrons and staff a duty of care to
provide a safe environment.
http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/australia.htm

In 2000, a family sued Olympic Airways because a family member died from an asthma attack
brought on by second-hand smoke on a flight. The judge awarded the plaintiff $700,000 in damages.
http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/airline.htm