March 13, 1998 (vol. 108, iss. 91) • Page Image 9
… -NATION/WORLD The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 13, 1998 -9 frelebratinL5 Pu rim Lawyers' expenses become another sticking point in Texas tobacco deal DALLAS (AP) - The private attorneys who helped Texas fight Big Tobacco ran up $1.75 million in expenses in 1996, including a $952 lunch and $1,995 to charter an airplane. Then the real spending started. The expense accounts for the lawyers and their staffs have ballooned to almost $40 mil...…