Legal Opinion
Group Health Plan, Inc. v. Philip Morris Inc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 11, 2001No. C6-00-377PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAGE, Justice.
Before the court are two consolidated federal court actions by appellants, three nonprofit Minnesota health maintenance organizations, Group Health Plan, Inc., HealthPartners, Inc., and Medica (collectively “the HMOs”), against several cigarette manufacturers and affiliated organizations, respondents Philip Morris Incorporated, et al. 1 (collectively “the tobacco companies”). The HMOs seek to recover costs for increased health care sendees they provided to their members as a result of tobacco-related illnesses. The United States District Court for the District of…
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