Maryland
"In May 1996, Curran filed suit against the tobacco industry alleging consumer protection, antitrust, and common law claims. Curran prevailed in a preemptive suit challenging his authority to retain the law offices of Peter G. Angelos as outside counsel on a contingent fee basis." As of July 1994, Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. was considering filing suit against tobacco companies to recover Medicaid payments from smoking-related illnesses. Curran will decide by end of July 1994 whether to file suit (WP 7/7/94). As of July 1994, Maryland health regulators were expected to issue what would be one of the nation's toughest antismoking measures. It would prohibit smoking in all indoor workplaces, including restaurants and hotels, unless there is a separately ventilated smoking room. Only tobacco shops, one-person vehicles, and smoking-research laboratories would be exempt (WSJ 7/8/94). A Maryland appeals court upheld the decision by Judge William Horne of Talbo County Circuit Court to enjoin the ban until a hearing on a challenge to the ban on 8/11/94. (WP 7/30/94). After Maryland's highest court upheld the regulation against a tobacco industry challenge, reversing a lower court's injunction, the Maryland legislature modified the regulation to include some exemptions for bar areas of restaurants, et al." See Curran Jr., Joseph, TTLA Almanac - Names.