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• Appeals court upholds dismissal of tobacco lawsuit 

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2007-08-20

Intro:

United Seniors Association, based in Purcellville, Virginia, sued Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies in 2005, alleging they intentionally hid cigarettes' addictive properties.

The group said the companies should be held liable for Medicare's expenditures since August 1999 to treat illnesses attributable to smoking.

U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns dismissed the lawsuit last August.

Today, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston upheld that dismissal.

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