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Personal Injury & Torts

Dec. 22, 2009

Mogin Distributes Tobacco Cash

The Mogin Law Firm in San Diego has distributed $3.45 million to 10 local legal societies, organizations and charities as part of $40 million in cy pres awards from settlement funds in the Smokeless Tobacco Case I-IV.

By Pat Broderick

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The Mogin Law Firm in San Diego has distributed $3.45 million to 10 local legal societies, organizations and charities as part of $40 million in cy pres awards from settlement funds in the Smokeless Tobacco Case I-IV. The suit, involving a certified class of Californians who bought smokeless tobacco products, had accused U.S. Smokeless Tobacco and related businesses of monopolizing the market in vi...

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