Appellate Practice
Sep. 7, 2006
Appellate Panel Lets Tobacco Firm Off Class-Action Hook
Two years ago, Philip Morris USA kicked in $200,000 to help pass a California ballot initiative that made it harder for people to sue businesses.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
That contribution paid off Tuesday, when an appellate court agreed with the world's largest tobacco company that the voter-approved measure bars a class action that California smoker...
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