Class Unable To Show Philip Morris Could Sell Safer Cigarette

By Caroline Simson ( December 15, 2014, 4:04 PM EST) -- A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday partially denied a summary judgment motion from a class of cigarette smokers suing Philip Morris USA Inc. to try to force the cigarette maker to pay for medical monitoring to detect early signs of lung cancer, ruling that they couldn't prove the company could have feasibly marketed a safer alternative cigarette....

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