Tobacco 'personal choice' defense ruling [MA SJC]

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Tobacco 'personal choice' defense ruling [MA SJC]

May 18, 2006 08:24:00 pm

Brenda Haglund, executrix vs. Philip Morris Incorporated, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, May 18, 2006 [ruling that tobacco giant Philip Morris Inc. cannot avoid liability in a wrongful death lawsuit by claiming that smokers should know that cigarettes are dangerous]. Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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