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[Illinois] LETTER: Giant lawsuit against tobacco companies keeps coming back

In Madison County, there is a lawsuit, which much like a zombie attack, keeps coming back again and again. Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is currently deliberating on whether or not to bring back a $10.1 billion lawsuit against tobacco companie
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added Sep 4, 2012 12:28
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Korein Tillery Tells Judge: Reinstate $10 Billion Verdict against Tobacco Company Because It Misled Illinois Supreme Court

against Philip Morris for deceptive advertising of so-called "light" cigarettes because the company factually misled the Illinois Supreme Court when it overturned the verdict in 2005.
PR Web
added Aug 22, 2012 15:45
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[Illinois] CAPITOL FACTS: Who won? The cigarette makers

... It passed last week after the trial lawyers were given a neat little plumb that guaranteed them higher contingency fees on big medical malpractice cases.
Ottawa (IL) Daily Times
added Jan 9, 2013 11:49
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[Illinois] Philip Morris case continues; Attorneys file additional documents

The decade-old class action suit over cigarette labeling continues to smolder as attorneys on both sides of the fight file documents that Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth requested at last month’s hearing.
Madison County (IL) Record
added Nov 1, 2012 20:32
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[Illinois] Ruth resets Tillery tobacco hearing to Aug. 21

Attorney Stephen Tillery is arguing that a judgment in favor of cigarette maker Philip Morris was "fundamentally flawed," because it was based on "false facts advanced by Philip Morris at every step in this litigation."
Madison County (IL) Record
added Jun 8, 2012 17:31
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Philip Morris case reaches the Illinois Supreme Court again

A decade-old lawsuit over cigarette labeling that put Madison County on the map has once again made its way before the Illinois Supreme Court.
Madison County (IL) Record
added Feb 20, 2013 22:59
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Korein Tillery Tells Judge: Reinstate $10 Billion Verdict against Tobacco Company Because It Misled Illinois Supreme Court, 21 August 2012. (PDF)

asks a judge ... to reinstate the landmark $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris for deceptive advertising of so-called "light" cigarettes because the company factually misled the Illinois Supreme Court when it overturned the verdict in 2005.
Korein Tillery
added Dec 14, 2012 03:08
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[Illinois] Madison county judge hears arguments in historic tobacco lawsuit

A judge said today he would take into advisement arguments on whether to reinstate a historic lawsuit that resulted in a $10.1 billion verdict against tobacco giant Philip Morris.
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added Aug 21, 2012 21:15
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[Illinois] $10 Billion Tobacco Case Snuffed Again

The Illinois Supreme Court denied Philip Morris' request for direct appeal in a long-running, dismissed $10 billion case over cigarette labeling. The decade-long class action was revived when St. Louis attorney Stephen Tillery filed an appeal for t
Courthouse News
added Feb 20, 2013 16:12
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[Illinois] Ruth hears arguments over petition in cigarette labeling case; Declines to issue immediate ruling

After a nearly eight-hour hearing today, Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth declined to immediately rule on a petition seeking relief from the dismissal of a $10.1 billion verdict over "light" and "low tar" cigarette labeling.
Madison County (IL) Record
added Aug 22, 2012 15:48
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