Commonwealth ex rel. Fisher v. Phillip Morris, Inc.

I respectfully dissent.

On April 21, 1997, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Attorney General D. Michael Fisher, filed the instant complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) asserting various claims for monetary damages and equitable and injunctive relief against the named Defendants. In the complaint, the Attorney General alleged that:

[H]e brings this action pursuant to his authority under 71 Pa.C.S. [sic] § 732-204[1], 73 Pa.C.S. [sic] § 210-4[2] and 73 Pa.C.S. [sic] § 201-8[3], and in parens *694patriae[4] on behalf of the citizens of…