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Medina County filing says Philip Morris lied about `light' cigarettes
Jump to full article: Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, 1999-11-09
Author: GINA MACES GINA MACE /Special to the Beacon Journal
Intro: A class-action lawsuit alleging that Philip Morris Cos. lied about the tar and nicotine levels in a light cigarette brand has been filed in Medina County Common Pleas Court.
Akron attorney A. Russell Smith filed the suit yesterday on behalf of Catherine S. Marrone of Seville ``and others.''
The complaint alleges that Marrone, who smoked a half pack a day of Virginia Slims Light for nine years, wasn't told that Phillip Morris rigged the tests to measure tar and nicotine to obtain favorable readings. . . The suit seeks a refund of the money that Ohio consumers spent on Virginia Slims Light, the profits Philip Morris made from selling the cigarettes, and triple damages under the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act. . . Smith also filed two similar lawsuits in Summit County yesterday against R.J. Reynolds, the manufacturer of Salem Lights, and Brown and Williamson, which makes Kool Lights and Kool Milds.
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