2014 Event Tobacco company R. J. Reynolds must pay over $23 billion in resolution of a lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died from lung cancer at age 36; the suit accused the company of hiding the health risks and habit-forming nature of cigarettes 2014 Event Apple and Samsung achieved mixed victory in a patent suit settlement; Samsung will owe Apple about $120 million, and Apple will owe Samsung about $158,000; Both parties were found to have infringed on each other's patents 2013 Event Viacom loses its billion-dollar copyright infringement suit against YouTube 2010 Event Microsoft cofounder, Paul Allen's company Interval Licensing LLC, files a patent infringement suit against Google, Apple, eBay, Facebook and others 1997 Event Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit 1994 Event Sharon Stone files $12m suit against her jeweler 1993 Death Charles Aidman, actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68 1992 Death Ed Peck, actor (Zoot Suit, Bullitt), dies of heart attack at 75 1992 Event Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit 1991 Event Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment 1991 Event Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1990 Event Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit 1989 Event California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1988 Event Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar 1987 Event Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1985 Event India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster 1984 Event Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit 1984 Event $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit 1983 Event Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1982 Event Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM 1979 Event YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song 1976 Event Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins 1976 Event Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts 1975 Event Players' Association, files a suit on behalf of Dodgers Andy Messersmith 1974 Event Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought) 1974 Event The U.S. files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T 1973 Event Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Baltimore Colts 1972 Event Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1971 Event Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by 1970 Event Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball 1962 Event Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cincinnati for 10 yrs 1962 Event Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools 1962 Event Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York 1962 Event Suit to bar Englewood New Jersey from "racial segregated" schools, filed 1962 Event Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas" 1953 Event Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply 1946 Event 1st bikini bathing suit displayed, Paris 1936 Event NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers 1912 Birthday Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director, Man in the White Suit, Mandy 1834 Event Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine 1777 Event Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit 1774 Event Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
