SAN FRANCISCO -- Lawyers for International Business Machines Corp. and attorneys for two cancer-stricken former employees began questioning potential jurors in a California court on Monday as the first of about 250 health lawsuits filed against the company went to trial. The California case has been closely watched because it challenges the image of computer-related manufacturing as far safer than traditional industry. If successful, the California lawsuits could also give new momentum to the pending cases and create a huge liability problem for the tech industry, analysts say.
Posted by Editor at October 20, 2003 10:50 AM