Frank Kelly delievrs closing arguments on behalf of Philip Morris, at trial over Robiel Chacon’s lung cancer death. Miami—Jurors Thursday found a smoker failed state citizenship requirements for purposes of class action membership against the nation’s tobacco companies, clearing Philip Morris of liability for his lung cancer death. Chacon v. Philip Morris, 08-102-CA-09.
Sir Philip Green is trying to end the threat of legal action against him over the sale of BHS by writing a cheque for more than £300 million that would help to plug a hole in the company’s pension fund. Representatives of the tycoon and the pensions regulator are holding talks on the future of the BHS fund, which is estimated to have a deficit of about £700 million. Yesterday the 22 remaining …
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Illinois smokers who sought reinstatement of a $10.1 billion class-action judgment in a long-running lawsuit against Philip Morris. The justices did not comment in leaving in place an Illinois Supreme Court ruling in favor of the cigarette maker. The smokers objected to the participation of state Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier, who they …
A South Florida father whose son disappeared last July during a fishing trip spoke to Local 10 News on Thursday after filing a motion demanding to have access to the information on an iPhone that was found on the boat. “I can’t sleep at times not knowing what happened,” Philip Cohen said. It’s almost been a year since Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, vanished …
ST. LOUIS • A St. Louis jury delivered a defense verdict Thursday in a class-action suit that was seeking about $1.5 billion from tobacco giant Philip Morris. The jury deliberated less than an hour after a month-long trial, in which the plaintiffs alleged the company had deceived customers into believing light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes when they weren’t. The outcome would …
BOSTON (AP) — A decade after a group of smokers from Massachusetts sued Philip Morris USA to try to force the cigarette maker to pay for lung cancer screenings, the case will finally be heard by a jury. Smokers in the class-action lawsuit allege Philip Morris manufactured a defective cigarette knowing it could have made a safer product with fewer carcinogens. The closely watched case heads to …