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Year: 1998
Type: academia
I1994 anlagde den amerikanske delstat Minnesota sag mod syv tobaksfirmaer for at få erstatning for sundhedsomkostninger, der skyldtes rygning. Efter et forlig i 1996 skulle alle retssagens dokumenter være tilgængelige i ti år, også hvis de kunne indeholde forretningshemmeligheder.
In the mid-1990ies Minnesota and some other US states took big tobacco companies to the court for causing excessive costs for the health system. A settlement included the publication of internal company documents