07-02-2009, 07:05 AM
David Guyatt Wrote:"Frank Gerhardt" were Christian names - sorry "forenames" FG is Jewish - and not the family name.
Yes he worked for RJ Reynolds but transferred over to the law firm Jacob, Medinger & Finegan on behalf of the tobacco lobby (so far as I can see) to act as the chief scientist in 1983. Based on press reports and testimony, depositions etc I've read he was a significant player on behalf of the tobacco industry in fighting what became the historic "Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement".
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David,
Did Gerhardt give actual testimony/depositions as an expert witness?
And do you think his move from RJR to the law firm was a strategy to cloak his ties to RJR?