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Author: Christina Cheddar Berk, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Intro: A Missouri appellate court upheld a lower court decision to grant class-action status to a lawsuit filed against Altria Group Inc.'s (MO) Philip Morris USA unit by a group of light cigarette smokers.
The decision in the case, which was brought by Dayna Craft, was handed down late Tuesday by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District.
The appellate court backed the earlier decision to limit the class eligibility to Missouri residents who purchased and smoked Marlboro Lights cigarettes during an eight-year period.
Philip Morris said it plans to ask the Missouri Supreme Court to review the latest decision in the case.
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