Class Action Lawsuits

Significant class action suits are described on this site:

• Castano, the first class-action lawsuit against the cigarette industry, alleged fraud in failing to inform class members that nicotine was addictive.

Medical Reimbursement

Following the model of the Attorneys General’s Medicaid cases entities such as labor union health and welfare funds, hospitals, even foreign countries filed law suits against the tobacco companies.

The two that went to trial, the Ironworkers and Falise both ended in defendant verdicts.

• Unions: see Bridge and Ironworkers
• Louisiana smokers: see Scott
• Governments: see Mississippi Medicaid, Minnesota/Blue Cross Blue Shield, State Attorneys General
• Light Cigarettes – see Miles
• Medical monitoring: see Blankenship