Legal Opinion
National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 3, 2000No. 98 CV 1492(JBW)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
A number of self-insured building trades health and welfare plans have brought suit against the tobacco industry under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) seeking to recover millions of dollars expended in connection with tobacco-related illnesses of their members. B.A.T. Industries, p.l.c. (“BAT”), the British holding company parent of defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (“B & W”), has moved for judgment on the pleadings on the ground of lack of personal jurisdiction. Because…
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