Cigarette maker Philip Morris USA and plaintiffs lawyers who won a $10.1 billion judgment against the company are fighting over whether an Illinois Supreme Court justice should hear the appeal of the case. Former Gov. James Thompson, one of the lawyers representing Philip Morris, asked the high court this week to dismiss a Chicago law firm hired to argue the appeal, claiming the firm joined the case just so one of the justices would have to recuse himself.
September 03, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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