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$4.5 million settlement for Atlantic City casino worker who has lung cancer

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Vinnie Rennich, a 25-year veteran Tropicana casino dealer in Atlantic City settled his lawsuit for $4.5 million. Mr. Rennich filed his lawsuit in 2005, maintaining that the secondhand smoke in the casinos caused his lung cancer. He never smoked and had 1/3 of his lung removed due to lung cancer. Read more in the Associated Press story.