COMMONWEALTH v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

No. 2443.

40 Pa. D. & C. 4th 225 (1999)

Commonwealth v. Philip Morris Inc.

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

February 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Fisher, attorney general, for the Commonwealth.

Alice W. Ballard, for intervenors.


HERRON, J., February 26, 1999.

I. INTRODUCTION

On January 13, 1999, this court approved consent decrees and final judgments presented by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and various defendant tobacco manufacturers to settle and end their landmark lawsuit. This court also denied petitions to intervene by a group of hospitals, Allegheny County, and various private anti-tobacco activists and organizations filed shortly after the settlement agreement...

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