(Download) "County of Cook v. Philip Morris" by In the Court of Appeals of the State of Illinois Third Division * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: County of Cook v. Philip Morris
- Author : In the Court of Appeals of the State of Illinois Third Division
- Release Date : January 28, 2004
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
Description
The plaintiffs, the County of Cook, the People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Richard A. Devine, and the People of the County of Cook ex rel. Richard A. Devine (the plaintiffs), brought suit against the defendants, Philip Morris, Inc., Liggett & Meyers, Inc., certain other named tobacco manufacturers and certain named advertising agencies (the defendants), seeking damages from the defendants for the cost of health care for tobacco consumers in Cook County. The State of Illinois was granted leave to intervene in the suit. The circuit court dismissed certain counts of the second amended complaint but denied dismissal as to the counts brought pursuant to the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (the Fraud Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 1996)). However, the circuit court dismissed the second amended complaint in its entirety based upon the remoteness doctrine. The plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of the second amended complaint and the dismissal of certain specified counts. The defendants cross-appeal from the denial of their motion to dismiss the consumer fraud counts.