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US Supreme Court throws out case against Philip Morris

The US Supreme Court yesterday upheld last year’s Illinois Supreme Court ruling throwing out the massive $10.1 billion judgment against Philip Morris in a class-action lawsuit involving cigarettes sold as ‘light’. The class-action lawsuit claimed Philip Morris knew when it introduced the ‘light’ cigarettes in 1971 that they were no healthier than regular cigarettes. However, [...]

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