Mealey's ( August 11, 2022, 1:15 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts state court judge on Aug. 8 declared a mistrial in a wrongful death action after jurors failed to reach a verdict following three days of deliberation on claims brought against a tobacco company by the family of a deceased smoker, which had claimed that the tobacco company caused the smoker’s addiction and death from lung cancer by designing smoother-tasting menthol cigarettes to intentionally addict smokers. VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....