Legal Opinion
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc. v. Philip Morris, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 19, 2001No. 98 CV 3287(JBW)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM & ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
Table Of Contents
I. Introduction.206
II. The Jury .208
III. Rule 50(b) Motion to Set Aside the Verdict.209
IV. Evidence .210
A. Evidence of Medical Causation .210
1. Smoking causes cancer and other disease.210
2. Smoking aggravates medical costs.214
B. Evidence of Deceptive Practices.214
1. Defendants denied causation despite contrary evidence in internal documents.215
a. Public statements from the 1950s to the present.216
b. Knowledge from the 1950s to the present.219
2. Defendants funded scientific studies to discredit scholarship…
2Cases cited168 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc. v. Philip Morris USA Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2004
- Bell v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
- New York v. FeldmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
- Schwab v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2006
- Pelman v. McDonald's Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2003
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