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Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 1999-12-16
Intro: Philip Morris Cos. and other tobacco companies lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 100 union health and welfare trust funds in California.
The companies had argued that the funds' claims are barred by the tobacco industry's $206 billion settlement with 46 states.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Prager rejected the argument yesterday. . . Six of the funds, including the Operating Engineers Local 12 Health & Welfare Trust, have sued
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