A federal court has declined to certify a class action against Philip Morris Co. Inc. brought by an Ohio smoker who said she didn’t get what she paid for because her Marlboro Lights were neither “light” nor “low tar.”
Unlike other suits against tobacco companies, Ohio resident Eva Marie Phillips did not seek to recover damages for personal injuries from smoking Marlboro Light cigarettes she thought were less harmful because of their marketing. Instead, she sought to recoup what she had spent on the cigarettes, claiming she did not receive the product that had been advertised.
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