et al. v. Philip Morris Incorporated Broin et al.
Significance, Involuntary Smoking In Airline Cabins, A Landmark Settlement, Impact, Lawsuit Awards, Further Readings
Plaintiffs
Norma R. Broin, Major Mark L. Broin, and 60,000 airline flight attendants
Defendant
Philip Morris Inc. and 14 other United States tobacco companies
Plaintiffs' Claim
That the United States tobacco companies through conspiracy and fraud withheld from the pubic critical information on the health hazards of secondhand cigarette smoke.
Chief Lawyers for Plaintiffs
Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt
Chief Defense Lawyers
David L. Ross, Norman A. Coll, Robert L. Burlington, Edward A. Moss, Daniel Donahue
Judge
Robert P. Kaye
Place
Miami, Florida
Date of Decision
10 October 1997
Decision
The tobacco companies agreed to settle the injury claim before going to jury, funding a $300 million research foundation and paying $49 million in attorney fees and court costs, but not admitting to wrongdoing.
Related Cases
- State of Mississippi et al. v. American Tobacco Co. et al., Cause No. 94-1429 (1991).
- State of Florida et al. v. American Tobacco Co. et al., Civil Action No. 95-1466 AH, 15th Judicial Cir. (1997).
Sources
Fast, Julius, and Timothy Fast. The Legal Atlas of the United States. New York: Facts on File, 1997.
"The Ifs and Buts of the Tobacco Settlement." The New York Times, November 29, 1998.
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