"Light" cigarette suit gets class-action status
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A $200 billion U.S. lawsuit filed by   "light" cigarette smokers gained class action status on Monday,   hammering shares of U.S. tobacco companies.
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Washington State's highest court has given the green light for a class-action lawsuit.
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Retailer Sears, Roebuck & Co has been  hit with a lawsuit seeking class-action status that alleges a  company Web site compromises customers' private information.
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A federal judge on Monday granted class action status to tens of millions of "light cigarette" smokers for a potential $200 billion lawsuit against tobacco companies.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Philip Morris Cos. Inc. cannot move a lawsuit by cigarette smokers into federal court.
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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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Appeals court says punitive award against Philip Morris is still &#39;excessive&#39; and must be halved. LOS ANGELES  - A California appeals court has ruled that a smoker&#39;s $3 billion punitive damages award
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A federal judge in Tennessee has granted class-action status to a 2006 case against heavy construction vehicle maker Caterpillar Inc. regarding insurance benefits, the lead attorney representing more than 4,000 retirees and surviving spouses said on Friday.
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Tobacco companies were &quot;breathing a multi-billion dollar sigh of relief&quot; after an Australian court threw out a class action seeking compensation for illness caused by smoking, the plaintiff's lawyer said.
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A smoker who accused tobacco companies of jacking up cigarette prices to recoup billions of dollars they pay each year to U.S. states lost a federal court appeal on Wednesday.
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A California judge has approved the settlement of a lawsuit that sought to stop RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. from placing cigarette ads in magazines with large teen readerships, a state
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WASHINGTON - After five years of legal wrangling, the nation's largest cigarette-makers are meeting federal lawyers in court for the trial phase of the government's record $280 billion civil racketeering suit against the tobacco industry.    The government alleges the industry conspired to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking and the addictive nature of nicotine, and illegally targeted children through marketing campaigns...
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A US lawsuit, claiming tobacco firms  duped smokers into thinking low tar cigarettes are less harmful, gets the go ahead.
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A Canadian class-action lawsuit has been  launched against Pfizer Inc. alleging that its arthritis drug  Celebrex caused cardiovascular side effects, the law firm  launching the suit said on Friday.
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TORONTO - A Toronto-based law firm filed another class-action lawsuit Friday against drug maker Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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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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The nicotine in cigarettes is  habit-forming but is not the sole cause of addiction, a tobacco  company executive argued during testimony on Tuesday in the  government's $280 billion suit against cigarette makers.