Hospitals sought compensation for treating smokers
In the state of Missouri, 37 hospitals sued six major U.S. tobacco companies for delivering an “unreasonably dangerous” product, seeking more than $455 million reimbursement for treating uninsured smokers who didn’t pay for care, Reuters reports. However, a jury in St. Louis has rejected their claim. “The jury agreed with Philip Morris USA that ordinary cigarettes are not negligently designed or defective,” said Murray Garnick of Philip Morris.