Legal Opinion
Texas Carpenters Health Benefit Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 19, 2000No. 98-41232PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a case filed by union trust funds, which provide comprehensive health care benefits to employees, retirees and their dependents through welfare benefit plans, against tobacco companies and their lobbying and public relations agents. The case sought recovery against the defendants for costs incurred treating tobacco-related afflictions based upon federal antitrust and RICO causes of action and various pendent state law claims. A bevy of similar complaints have been filed around the nation, and so far, the federal circuit courts have…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Steamfitters Local Union No. 420 Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Oregon Laborers-Employers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Laborers Local 17 Health & Benefit Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 734 Health and Welfare Trust Fund and Central States Joint Board Health and Welfare Trust Fund v. Philip Morris Incorporated, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Philip Morris IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
3Cited by35 opinions
- Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny Valley Hospital Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Canonsburg General Hospital Carbon- Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., D/B/A Miners Memorial Medical Center Chambersburg Hospital Forbes Regional Hospital Hazleton--St. Joseph Medical Center Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Hospital Center Northeastern Pennsylvania Corporation, D/B/A Hazleton General Hospital Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Saint Luke's -- Allentown Campus St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital Saint Vincent Health Center Waynesboro Hospital v. Philip Morris, Inc. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation B.A.T. Industries, Plc the American Tobacco Company, Inc., C/o Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Lorillard Tobacco Company Liggett Group, Inc. United States Tobacco Company Tobacco Institute, Inc. The Council for Tobacco Research--Usa, Inc. Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc. Hill & Knowlton, Inc., Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny Valley Hospital Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Canonsburg General Hospital Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., D/B/A Miners Memorial Medical Center Chambersburg Hospital Forbes Regional Hospital Hazleton--St. Joseph Medical Center Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Hospital Center Northeastern Pennsylvania Corporation, D/B/A Hazleton General Hospital Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Saint Luke's--Allentown Campus St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital Saint Vincent Health Center Waynesboro Hospital, in 99-4024, Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., D/B/A Miners Memorial Medical Center Chambersburg Hospital Hazleton--St. Joseph Medical Center Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Hospital Center Northeastern Pennsylvania Corporation, D/B/A Hazleton General Hospital Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Saint Luke's-- Allentown Campus St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital Saint Vincent Health Center Waynesboro Hospital, in 00-3101, Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny Valley Hospital Canonsburg General Hospital Forbes Regional Hospital, in 00-3102Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Ganim v. Smith & Wesson Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Falise v. American Tobacco Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 2000
- Robert E. Lyons v. Philip Morris IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
- People v. Sturm, Ruger & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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