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R-2.2.0.0.1 - Tobacco-related Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act

Section 17
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17. If the Government establishes the elements of proof required under section 16, the court presumes
(1)  that the persons who were exposed to the type of tobacco product manufactured by the defendant would not have been exposed had the defendant not failed in its duty; and
(2)  that the exposure to the type of tobacco product manufactured by the defendant caused or contributed to the disease or general deterioration of health, or the risk of disease or general deterioration of health, of a number of persons who were exposed to that type of product.
2009, c. 34, s. 17.
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