A year later the judgement against Philip Morris remains on appeal.
Anti-smoking proponents, it is expected that the judgement would be a new front in the fight against smoking.
But one year after an Illinois judge issued a $ 10.1 billion judgement against tobacco giant Philip Morris USA, concluding the company misled smokers to give the impression that “light” cigarettes provided that less nicotine and tar Full - tar cigarettes, it remains on appeal, while the dynamics of a slowdown similar cases.
Since Philip Morris, the nation’s largest tobacco company, won the procedure for determining decisions in three countries, adopt action lawsuits in their tracks. More than a dozen cases are almost identical to the entire country.
The company’s recent victory place even greater importance in Illinois, the fall class, a native of Madison County, Philip Morris has appealed to the Supreme Court of Illinois. The case of the High Court in September, remains only the light of the cigarette class action to go to court, the roadmap for another test prosecutors on how to these costumes. A reversal would be a setback not only for applicants Illinois, but also for others in other countries.
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