A legal theory dreamed up by a lawyer and a law professor allowing bounty hunters to sue tobacco companies is "imaginative," but ultimately does not hold water, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York ruled. On Friday Weinstein rejected a class action brought by four firms seeking to use a bounty provision of an amendment to the federal Medicare statute to achieve a double recovery from tobacco companies.
July 30, 2002 at 12:00 AM
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