Legal Opinion
Service Employees Int'l Union Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 21, 1999No. CIV.A 98-704 GK, CIV.A. 98-1569 GK and CIV.A. 98-1716 GKPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KESSLER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, numerous labor union health and welfare trust funds, 1 have brought suit against the Defendant tobacco companies and two of their ancillary organizations to recoup economic damages they allege are the result of Defendants’ conduct. Plaintiffs claim these damages were caused by what they allege to be the deceptive, fraudulent, and wrongful manner in which the Defendant companies targeted the marketing of their tobacco products to children, deceived the American public about the addictive and harmful nature of nicotine, suppressed and…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Wright v. Brooke Group Ltd.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2002
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- Service Employees International Union Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
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