If you lived in Missouri and bought Marlboro Lights Cigarettes between February 14, 1995 and December 31, 2003
This class action may affect your rights.
Consumers in the State of Missouri have filed a class action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, Inc. (formerly Philip Morris Incorporated) (“Defendant”). Altria Group, Inc. was a defendant in the lawsuit but was dismissed by agreement of the parties on July 27, 2010.
· The lawsuit claims the Defendant misled people about the amount of tar and nicotine delivered to smokers by Marlboro Lights cigarettes, and about the dangers of Marlboro Lights cigarettes.
· A class action lawsuit is a lawsuit brought by a few people (the “Class Representatives”) on behalf of a larger group of people who have similar claims. The Court has allowed this lawsuit to proceed as a class action. You are a member of the Class if you lived in Missouri between February 14 1995 and December 31 2003 and you purchased and consumed Marlboro Light cigarettes in Missouri during that time. The Class does not include people who have filed a claim for personal injury resulting from purchase or consumption of cigarettes.
· The trial in this case began on September 6, 2011. If the Plaintiffs obtain money as a result of the trial, notice will be provided about how to ask for a share or what your other options are at that time. These things are not known right now. Court orders and other important information about the case will be posted on this website as they become available.