From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Court allows lawsuits over 'light' cigarettes"--
--Posted by Alton Illinois personal injury lawyers and the Alton Illinois car accident attorneys of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C., handling Missouri and Illinois accidents, personal injury, products liability, workers' compensation, medical malpractice, truck accidents, and all other types of injury cases.
The Supreme Court on Monday handed a surprising defeat to tobacco companies counting on it to put an end to lawsuits alleging deceptive marketing of "light" cigarettes.
In a 5-4 split won by the court's liberals, it ruled that smokers may use state consumer protection laws to sue cigarette makers for the way they promote "light" and "low tar" brands.
In a 5-4 split won by the court's liberals, it ruled that smokers may use state consumer protection laws to sue cigarette makers for the way they promote "light" and "low tar" brands.
--Posted by Alton Illinois personal injury lawyers and the Alton Illinois car accident attorneys of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C., handling Missouri and Illinois accidents, personal injury, products liability, workers' compensation, medical malpractice, truck accidents, and all other types of injury cases.
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