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"Suit on Light Cigarettes Is Thrown Out"

"Suit on Light Cigarettes Is Thrown Out": The New York Times provides a news update that begins, "The tobacco industry scored a legal victory on Thursday when a federal appeals court threw out an $800 billion class-action lawsuit on behalf of smokers of light cigarettes who said they were misled to believe the cigarettes were safer than regular ones."

Reuters reports that "Appeals court tosses $800 billion tobacco suit."

Dow Jones Newswires report that "Appeals Court Rejects Class Action In 'Light' Cigarettes Marketing Case."

And The Associated Press reports that "Court Overturns Tobacco Suit Ruling."

My earlier coverage of today's Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 03, 2008 (boomark / email).