Jump to full article: AP, 2001-05-22
Author: Nancy Zuckerbrod / Associated Press Writer
Intro: The tobacco industry scored a legal victory Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled against foreign governments and administrators of union health care funds seeking to recover costs for treating sick smokers. . .
Brown and Williamson attorney Mitch Neuhauser said the ruling "knocks the foundation from lawsuits brought against the tobacco industry by any government institution or third party."
Salomon Smith Barney tobacco analyst Martin Feldman predicted the ruling would make it more difficult for the Justice Department to succeed in a separate lawsuit against the cigarette manufacturers.
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