Jump to full article: The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, 2005-08-18
Author: CHRISTINA CHEDDAR BERK / DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Intro: A Missouri appeals court upheld a lower-court decision granting class-action status to a suit that accuses Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA unit of misleading smokers about the health risks of light cigarettes.
The decision in the case, brought by Dayna Craft, was handed down late Tuesday by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District. The appellate court backed an 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 decision. The company has argued in the past that there are too many individual issues among smokers to lump them together.
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