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• Tillery free to light up class action against RJ Reynolds 

Jump to full article: St. Clair (IL) Record, 2007-12-20
Author: Steve Korris

Intro:

Now that the Illinois Supreme Court has laid to rest Stephen Tillery's $10 billion class action against cigarette maker Philip Morris, Tillery can thaw out a similar suit against cigarette maker RJ Reynolds and start all over again.

The Fifth District appellate court issued a mandate Dec. 7, ending a four-year freeze on a Madison County class action against RJ Reynolds.

Tillery sued RJ Reynolds in 2000, claiming it deceived smokers into believing that light cigarettes provided health benefits in comparison to regular cigarettes.

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