ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis man who federal agents say helped smuggle nearly 29 million cigarettes from Missouri to Illinois to profit from differences in their sales taxes on smokes has been indicted on more felony counts. A federal grand jury has charged Ghalib Shahjamaluddin, 43, with two counts of knowingly possessing, shipping, transporting and distributing contraband cigarettes, as well as two felonies claiming he knowingly trafficked the black-market smokes without keeping government-required records.
A jury in a product liability case was improperly allowed to consider harm to third parties in awarding punitive damages to the husband of a "low tar" cigarette smoker who died of lung cancer, the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled. The plaintiff sued Philip Morris after his wife died from lung cancer. The woman had smoked low tar cigarettes for 23 years.
SKOWHEGAN, Maine -- A discarded cigarette butt led to the arrest of Jay Mercier in a 31-year-old murder case. Mercier, of Industry, was charged with murder on Sept. 28 in the July 5, 1980, death of Rita St. Peter and pleaded not guilty on Oct. 6. On Monday, he was denied bail by Judge John Mercier, said Deputy Attorney General William Stokes.
SKOWHEGAN, Maine -- A discarded cigarette butt led to the arrest of Jay Mercier in a 31-year-old murder case. Mercier, of Industry, was charged with murder on Sept. 28 in the July 5, 1980, death of Rita St. Peter and pleaded not guilty on Oct. 6. On Monday, he was denied bail by Superior Court Justice John Nivison, said Deputy Attorney General William Stokes.
A federal judge yesterday granted class-action status to a lawsuit filed by smokers of "light" cigarettes who say the four major tobacco makers deceived them into thinking the cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes. The 1,500-page decision by U.S. Federal Judge Jack B. Weinstein sets the stage for the largest class-action lawsuit in U.S. history, with 50 million plaintiffs, and puts Big Tobacco at risk for at least $200 billion.
The Illinois Supreme Court's recent decision overturning a $10.1 billion verdict in a class action filed by smokers of light cigarettes has handed a big victory to the tobacco industry. Rather than pursuing damages with a traditional product liability claim, the plaintiffs filed suit under a state consumer protection statute, seeking to recover against Philip Morris, Inc. for alleged marketing fraud. They claimed that Philip Morris falsely advertised light or low tar cigarettes as a healthier alternative to regular cigarettes.
Tobacco giant Philip Morris Cos. lost federal court jurisdiction in a lawsuit challenging the design and promotion of the company's light cigarettes - a decision that could reach beyond the tobacco industry. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said Philip Morris couldn't use the federal officer removal statute to get federal jurisdiction. According to the statute, federal court is the appropriate venue when a defendant acts "under the direction of a federal officer.
Another case involving Indian cigarette taxation issues has been transferred to U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, federal court officials said Friday. The St. Regis Mohawk tribe -- like many other tribes throughout the state -- opposes state efforts to tax cigarette sales by Indian-owned businesses to non-Indian customers.
In a panel decision issued Tuesday, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department rejected the Cayuga Indian Nation's second application to continue selling tax-free cigarettes. The appellate court also moved up oral arguments in the civil case from its May calendar to April 3. Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Cayuga County Sheriff David S. Gould, et. al, Docket #08- 02582; 09-00384.
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