Legal Opinion
Steamfitters Local Union No. 420 Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 29, 1999No. 98-1426UnknownCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
This is one of a vast number of cases filed in state and federal courts all over the nation seeking to hold tobacco companies hable for the smoking-related costs incurred by union health and welfare funds. The plaintiff funds allege that they were defrauded by the defendants — tobacco companies and related industry organizations — into paying for their participants’ smoking-related illnesses, as well as prevented by these defendants from informing the funds’ participants about safer smoking and smoking-cessation products. The defendants allegedly…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
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