Tobacco Makers Lose Key Ruling on Latest Suits
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The decision raises the possibility that cases involving light cigarettes will become a major legal threat to the tobacco industry.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, a unit of Altria Group Inc. , should not be decided in federal court, handing a defeat to the tobacco company.
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The Supreme Court yesterday accepted a case that could hurt medical device manufacturers, turned down another that could have harmed pharmaceutical companies, and put off deciding on the Enron scandal.
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WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has denied a request by tobacco companies to let them keep marketing "light" and "low tar" cigarettes until an appeal is settled in their case.
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Tobacco companies fail in a High Court bid to overturn strict limits on advertising at the point of sale.
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Investors who lost money when the dot-com bubble burst suffered a Supreme Court setback yesterday, and the justices are poised to issue yet another important decision that could restrict shareholder lawsuits.
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Top tobacco companies urged a federal judge Friday to put her landmark judgment against the industry on hold and let them keep selling "light" and "low tar" cigarettes until they've had a chance to appeal.
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In a smoking suit, a jury wrongly punished Big Tobacco for injuries to nonlitigants, the justices ruled.
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A US court rejects a government lawsuit accusing the tobacco industry of covering up the effects of smoking.
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WASHINGTON The tobacco industry urged a federal appeals court today to throw out a decision allowing the Justice Department to sue cigarette companies for 280 (b) billion dollars.
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A lawsuit accusing tobacco companies of   defrauding smokers into thinking "light" cigarettes were safer   than regular brands can proceed as a class action, a federal   judge in New York ruled on Monday.
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WASHINGTON/SCOTTSDALE, Arizona  - The tobacco wars are back in the U.S. Congress, but the battle lines have shifted and anti-smoking forces are no longer facing a monolithic tobacco industry and loyal legislators.
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Merck & Co Inc  said on Thursday the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that granted nationwide class-action status to insurers seeking reimbursement for past spending on Vioxx, the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis treatment.
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Although of limited scope, the 5 to 4 decision was a victory for the cigarette industry and for other corporate defendants.
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A divided Supreme Court set aside on Tuesday a $79.5 million punitive damages award won by a longtime smoker's widow against Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris unit.
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U.S. tobacco companies have been hit with thousands of new lawsuits in Florida from smokers and their families seeking compensation before Friday's court-imposed deadline for filing individual claims in what is shaping up as a major challenge for the industry.
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The Supreme Court is about to plunge into an agenda laden with issues affecting the business sector. Tobacco companies, the biotech industry and operators of coal-fired power plants have a stake in cases the court will hear in the next month.