The latest filing in a long-running case brought by a now deceased smoker provides a rare glimpse at the defense of tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA and hints at the “astonishing” nature of what’s under seal in the case.

Philip Morris, owner of deceased plaintiff Cindy Naugle’s preferred brand Benson & Hedges, has “engaged in what can only be described as ‘militant resistance’ and ‘going to the mat’ rather than ‘yielding an inch’ or ‘paying a dime’ to the Naugle family,” said the motion filed Oct. 2 by plaintiffs attorney Robert W. Kelley of Kelley Uustal in Fort Lauderdale.