April 19, 2011
Philip Morris USA Inc. won a bid Monday in California to deny class certification in a lawsuit brought by a group of Marlboro cigarette smokers who want the company to bankroll a medical monitoring program to detect lung cancer.
March 31, 2011
Lawyers for Philip Morris USA Inc. urged a California federal judge Thursday to toss claims that Marlboro cigarettes are defective, while plaintiffs' attorneys fought to certify a class of smokers who want the company to bankroll a medical monitoring program.