Ansonia Smoking Lawsuit Is Settled

[madinmaryland]

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/ansonia-smoking-lawsuit-is-settled/

The war of the cigarettes is over at the Ansonia. The lawyer-couple who sued their neighbor at the historic Upper West Side apartment building because, they claimed, she was jeopardizing the health of their 4-year-old son with her smoking, have agreed to drop the lawsuit.

Jonathan Selbin, the class-action lawyer who, with is wife, Jenny, also a lawyer, sued their neighbor, Galila Huff, confirmed the settlement.

“True,” Mr. Selbin said.

“She agreed to use the donated air filters and a smokeless ashtray, which is all we ever asked her to do,” he said. “Period.”

In the lawsuit, Mr. Selbin, a litigator who honed his skills going after major corporations, charged that Ms. Huff’s constant smoking made the hallway of their apartment building, the Ansonia, smell like a casino.

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[Dr. Strange]

1. The suit didn't stand a chance anyway.

They were suing for three brazillian dollars. That's considered excessive punishment by the constitution.

[madinmaryland]

2. No!

It was because she smoked three brazilion cigarettes!!

[Bake]

3. Please refresh my memory

How many is a brazillian?

:rofl:

Bake