The tobacco industry was handed a sweeping victory by a New York justice who ruled that union health plans cannot bring common law claims in their own right to recover the costs of treating their members for tobacco-related illnesses. Justice Charles E. Ramos dismissed as "too remote" claims brought by 14 union trust funds for themselves against the major manufacturers of cigarettes.
March 08, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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A State Supreme Court justice last week handed the tobacco industry a sweeping victory in ruling that union health plans cannot bring common law claims in their own right to recover the costs of treating their members for tobacco-related illnesses.
Justice Charles E. Ramos, in Daycare Council-Local 205 D.C. 1707 Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, 606240/97, dismissed as “too remote” claims brought by 14 union trust funds for themselves against the major manufacturers of cigarettes.
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