Philip Morris Gets Court Victory

[WhiteTara]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114686507359845323.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

The Illinois Supreme Court said it wouldn't rehear an appeal in the tobacco suit that sought $10.1 billion in damages from Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA unit.

The court denied a petition to reconsider its Dec. 15 ruling, which reversed a lower court's 2003 judgment against Philip Morris, the first "lights" case to make it to trial. Plaintiffs had alleged Philip Morris fraudulently promoted its Marlboro Lights and Cambridge Lights cigarette brands as being safer than regular brands.
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A divided court ruled in December that the FTC had authorized tobacco companies to characterize their products as "light" or "low tar nicotine."

The lawsuit is the first of at least nine statewide consumer-fraud lawsuits against major tobacco companies to wend its way through the appellate court system and is one of the legal hurdles New York-based Altria has said it needs to clear before it can spin off Kraft Foods Inc.

a little bit more. Looks like they'll get away with murder.

[LaPera]

1. Viceroy, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, New Gold, Parliament, what happen to

the good old days when cigarettes didn't cause cancer?

[BigBearJohn]

2. Dont forget Chesterfields, Kool, Camel, Salem, and Winston

"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should"

[cornermouse]

3. LSMFT

Of course, that caused lung cancer a few years down the road...

[BigBearJohn]

4. Loose Straps Mean Flopping - - - -