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KoreinTillery
Supreme Court Decision Prompts Move to Re-Open Philip Morris Lawsuit
January 4th, 2009
On Thursday, December 18, 2008, St. Louis attorney Stephen Tillery of KoreinTillery filed a motion in the case of Price v. Philip Morris (Madison County, Illinois Circuit Court, cause No. 00-L-112) to reopen the $10.1 billion judgment in Price v. Philip Morris based on a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court rendered earlier this week. On Monday the Supreme Court decided the case of Altria v. Good, holding that federal law does not prohibit state law consumer fraud claims based on fraudulent "light" cigarette descriptors. For years Philip Morris has defended dozens of lawsuits by claiming that the Federal Trade Commission approved and authorized low tar cigarette descriptors like "Light" or...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-01-04)
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