Philip Morris Case Reaches The Illinois Supreme Court Again
From the Madison County Record
A decade-old lawsuit over cigarette labeling that put Madison County on the map has once again made its way before the Illinois Supreme Court.
Philip Morris USA Inc. late last week filed a motion asking the justices to transfer the plaintiffs’ Jan. 8 notice of appeal to the Fifth District Appellate Court directly to the state high court “on the ground that the public interest requires prompt adjudication of that appeal by this Court.”
The tobacco company’s motion was listed on the court’s civil docket for Wednesday. The justices will likely consider the request during one of their closed-door sessions of the January term, which comes to a close at the end of this week.
It also marks at least the third time the Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on the case, which focuses on “light” and “lowered tar and nicotine” cigarette labeling and is believed to be the nation’s first consumer fraud suit against a tobacco company.
Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the 2000 class action lawsuit filed the notice of appeal about a month after Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth denied their petition seeking relief from the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the $10.1 billion verdict in Price v. Philip Morris.
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From the Madison County Record
A decade-old lawsuit over cigarette labeling that put Madison County on the map has once again made its way before the Illinois Supreme Court.
Philip Morris USA Inc. late last week filed a motion asking the justices to transfer the plaintiffs’ Jan. 8 notice of appeal to the Fifth District Appellate Court directly to the state high court “on the ground that the public interest requires prompt adjudication of that appeal by this Court.”
The tobacco company’s motion was listed on the court’s civil docket for Wednesday. The justices will likely consider the request during one of their closed-door sessions of the January term, which comes to a close at the end of this week.
It also marks at least the third time the Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on the case, which focuses on “light” and “lowered tar and nicotine” cigarette labeling and is believed to be the nation’s first consumer fraud suit against a tobacco company.
Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the 2000 class action lawsuit filed the notice of appeal about a month after Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth denied their petition seeking relief from the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the $10.1 billion verdict in Price v. Philip Morris.
Read more in our daily News Update...