Legal Opinion
Kentucky Laborers District Council Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided September 30, 1998No. 3:97-cv-00394PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HEYBURN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs and the proposed class members in this action are non-profit union multi-em-ployer health and welfare trust funds (the “Funds”) that pay medical expenses incurred by those employed under various collective bargaining agreements and their dependents (the “Participants”). Defendants are the eight major tobacco companies and certain tobacco-affiliated research and public relations firms. The Funds allege that Defendants have engaged in a conspiracy to deceive the general public, including the Funds, about the health risks of smoking.
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