Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Kane v. Philip Morris, Inc.
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 18, 2015No. 2422 C.D. 2014PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge ROBERT SIMPSON.
In this tobacco litigation appeal, the Commonwealth asks whether the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County 1 (trial court) erred by denying its motion to compel single-state arbitration to determine whether it diligently enforced its qualifying statute in 2004 and by granting the motion to compel multistate arbitration filed by the participating tobacco manufacturers (PMs) 2 to the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). The Commonwealth contends the MSA does not provide for multistate arbitration to decide its diligence because Pennsylvania is not on the…
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