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NATIONAL ASBESTOS MEDICAL FUND v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. 98 CV 1492(JBW).

86 F.Supp.2d 137 (2000)

The NATIONAL ASBESTOS WORKERS MEDICAL FUND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

March 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD, by H. Russell Smouse, E. David Hoskins, Kenneth D. Pack, for Plaintiffs.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, by Joseph M. McLaughlin, Patrick D. Bonner, Jr., David M. Moss, for Defendants.

AMENDED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

A number of self-insured building trades health and welfare plans have brought suit against the tobacco industry under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") seeking to recover millions of dollars expended in connection with tobacco-related illnesses of their members. B.A.T. Industries, p.l.c. ("BAT"), the British holding company parent...

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