Masters of Smoke & Mirrors Come to Maine
Published by Hardee Bass in Defective Design, Mass TortsBangor, Maine’s most famous resident (no disrespect directed towards other Bangorians) is horror-writer extraordinaire Stephen King. It seems appropriate then that Bangor’s federal courthouse is the latest venue in which cigarette manufacturers’ horrific decades of long fraudulent practices will be put under the forensic microscope.
In 2005, Maine residents filed suit against cigarette manufacturing giant Philip Morris (i.e., Marlboro) and its parent company Altria Group, Inc., alleging that the cigarette makers advertised that their “light” cigarettes (i.e., Marlboro Light) deliver less nicotine and tar than regular brands, knowing that the message was, in fact, false.
