Boston — A trial began Monday in a long-running class action filed in 1998 on behalf of nearly 200,000 Massachusetts smokers seeking up to $609 million from tobacco giant Philip Morris USA for allegedly duping them by falsely claiming that Marlboro Light brand cigarettes exposed them to lower tar and nicotine levels than Marlboro Reds.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, consumer protection
Stock photo of Extra Strength Tylenol.
Atlantic City— A New Jersey state court jury cleared Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare of all liability on Friday in the first of hundreds of lawsuits to go to trial alleging the company failed to adequately disclose the risks of liver damage from taking Extra Strength Tylenol.
Topics: Products Liability, Pharmaceutical, healthcare
Topics: Securities, consumer protection, White Collar, Finance, Accounting
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Asbestos
