Illinois Court Overturns $10 Billion Tobacco Verdict - New York Times

Illinois Court Overturns $10 Billion Tobacco Verdict - New York Times:

This is a good decision. The best part is that prosecution lawyers will not reap obscene fees from a bad decision. Hopefully, it will stand the test of a Supreme Court appeal.

These frivolous lawsuits brought by get-rich attorneys who bet on the come deserve to be thrown out.

"'We conclude that the F.T.C. could, and did, specifically authorize all United States tobacco companies to utilize the words 'low,' 'lower,' 'reduced' or like qualifying terms, such as 'light,' so long as the descriptive terms are accompanied by a clear and conspicuous disclosure of the tar and nicotine content in milligrams of the smoke produced by the advertised cigarette,' Justice Rita B. Garman wrote for a majority of the state Supreme Court."