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SUPREME COURT DECISION PROMPTS MOVE TO RE-OPEN PHILIP MORRIS LAWSUIT 

Jump to full article: Korein Tillery, 2008-12-18

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On Thursday, December 18, 2008, St. Louis attorney Stephen Tillery of Korein Tillery filed a motion in the case of Price v. Philip Morris (Madison County, Illinois Circuit Court, cause No. 00-L-112) to re-open the $10.1 billion judgment in Price v. Philip Morris based on a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court rendered earlier this week. . . .

“The final order dismissing the Price case was not actually entered until December 18, 2006. When it ruled earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court decision came just a couple of days before the two year deadline under Illinois law which allows challenges to set aside judgments,” said Stephen Tillery.

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