Tobacco firms fined billions in Canadian court ruling

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Tobacco firms fined billions in Canadian court ruling

2 hours ago US & Canada

A Canadian court has ordered three tobacco companies to pay C$15.5bn (£8bn; $12bn) - the largest award for damages in the country's history.

The plaintiffs were Quebec smokers who said the firms failed to warn them of health risks associated with smoking.

Imperial Tobacco, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and JTI-MacDonald vowed to appeal against the decision.

The class-action lawsuits were filed in 1998, but only recently went to trial in the courts.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32969338

[gratuitous]

1. A good start

I wonder if this sort of lawsuit will be allowed under the TPP?

The tobacco companies will appeal, of course; but a lower court ruling against them will have to be overturned on a legal mistake in the trial court.

[Zorra]

2. Woot! The evil ones go down. Thanks for the smile. nt

[yeoman6987]

3. Would be nice to know what happened to all the money the

States received from our lawsuits. The states were given so much money that they still should have money in full supply. Of course they don't so what happened to it all?