Tobacco Firms Sued for $133 Million in Missed Settlement Payouts July 29, 2022 By Erik Larson Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and more than a dozen other tobacco companies were sued by Iowa’s attorney...
Attorneys to Receive $1.9M in Arkansas Marlboro Lights Case January 27, 2017 Lawyers who won a $45 million settlement for Arkansas Marlboro Lights smokers will now receive a $1.9 million payment for...
Arkansas Judge OKs $29.1M Payout in Cigarette Lawsuit January 19, 2017 More than 21,000 Marlboro Lights smokers and their attorneys will receive a portion of $29.1 million from a lawsuit settlement...
Alaska Jury Deadlocked in Family’s Lawsuit Against Tobacco Company November 18, 2016 After more than three weeks, a Bethel Superior Court jury cannot decide whether or not a tobacco company misled an...
$45M Settlement Proposed in Arkansas Tobacco Lawsuit August 1, 2016 Attorneys for cigarette smokers and for tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA have agreed to a $45 million settlement of a...
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Illinois Decision on $10.1B Tobacco Judgement June 20, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place the top Illinois court’s ruling throwing out a huge $10.1 billion verdict...
Mass. Jury: Philip Morris Not Obligated to Pay for Smokers’ Cancer Screening February 10, 2016 A 10-person jury in Boston on Wednesday rejected the claims made by a class of currently healthy Marlboro smokers in...
Smokers Ask Jury to Award Them Cancer Screening in Trial Over Marlboros February 10, 2016 By Janelle Lawrence Philip Morris USA should pay for annual chest scans for thousands of longtime Marlboro smokers in Massachusetts because the company...
Massachusetts Smokers Sue Philip Morris to Pay for Cancer Screenings January 27, 2016 By Denise Lavoie A decade after a group of smokers from Massachusetts sued Philip Morris USA to try to force the cigarette maker...
Illinois Supreme Court Voids $10.1B Philip Morris ‘Light’ Verdict November 5, 2015 By Jonathan Stempel The Illinois Supreme Court on Nov. 4 threw out a $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA in a long-running...