Legal Opinion
New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 26, 1998No. CIV. A. 97-4728 (MTB)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARRY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, six multi-employer health and welfare trust funds operating in New Jersey (the “Funds”) 1 and providing comprehensive health care benefits to union workers, to their families, and to covered retirees (collectively “participants”), have filed this action against the leading tobacco companies 2 and their lobbying and public relations agents 3 (collectively as “defendants”).
In their behemoth 124-page, 350-para-graph complaint, the Funds set forth virtually the entire history of the marketing of cigarettes and allege that for decades the defendants have…
2Cases cited68 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- In Re Burlington Coat Factory Securities Litigation. P. Gregory Buchanan, Jacob Turner and Ronald AbramoffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of CarpentersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Steamfitters Local Union No. 420 Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc. v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- Liberty International Underwriters Canada v. Scottsdale InsuranceDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2013
- Iron Workers Local Union No.17 Insurance Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1998
- National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1998
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