Categories
· Lawsuits
· Labels/Lights
· Advertising/Promos
USA, by State
· Maine
· Michigan
Lawsuits
· Good
Organizations
· MO
· Scotus
|
Troy attorney takes fight against purportedly mislabeled tobacco products to U.S. Supreme Court
Jump to full article: Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 2008-08-25
Author: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq.
Intro: Troy lawyer Gerard V. Mantese is taking on the tobacco industry.
. . .
Now, with a lawsuit against Philip Morris pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Mantese has his chance to do just that.
"In 2004, I put together a consortium of law firms in several states ... with the goal of representing consumers who were defrauded by Philip Morris [when it] falsely represented that its Marlboro Lights had 'lowered tar and nicotine,'" he explained.
Since then, Mantese has filed lawsuits in Maine, Arkansas and New Mexico accusing Phillip Morris of violating each state's prohibition against deceptive advertising.
"All of the cases are based on the same theory: Philip Morris misrepresented the true nature of its so-called 'light' cigarettes [because] it represented that they contained lower [amounts of] tar and nicotine ... when a multitude of data, internal documents and evidences proves otherwise," he said.
One case, Altria Group, et al., v. Good, et al., has landed Mantese before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jump to full article » |