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Las Vegas SunAt an anti-smoking conference in Las Vegas this week, the lawyer behind one of the largest settlements against a casino for allowing smoking said similarly expensive lawsuits are likely as casino workers across the country seek his advice in pursuing complaints against their employers.
“Workers are finding the courage to come forward and potentially submit claims in New Jersey, Nevada, West Virginia and Louisiana,” said Jeffrey Carton of Meiselman, Denlea, Packman, Carton & Eberz P.C., a New York law firm that pursues complex class-action cases.
Carton represented Vincent Rennich, a casino pit boss who won a $4.5 million settlement last year against the Tropicana in Atlantic City. Rennich, a nonsmoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer at age 48 after 25 years at the Tropicana.
“I didn’t think I’d live to see 49, let alone 50,” Rennich said at the inaugural National Smokefree Gaming Symposium. For years, Rennich said he collected newspaper clippings of Atlantic City casino workers who had died young of lung or heart problems — complications he believed were linked to smoky casinos.
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3-2-1. Amazes me how many DU'ers who support worker's rights in every way will say they need to find another job if they don't like smoking in casinos or bars endangering their health!