Philip Morris Tobacco Smoker Medical Monitoring Class Action Lawsuit Receives Class Certification For Cigarette Smokers
A class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts alleging that Philip Morris designed cigarettes that delivered excessive levels of carcinogens, has been certified as a class action lawsuit by federal Judge Nancy Gertner, according to a class action lawsuit news report.
The Philip Morris class action lawsuit reportedly includes as class members thousands of Massachusetts smokers age 50 and older who have smoked at least one pack of Marlboro cigarettes a day for at least 20 years.
The Philip Morris class action lawsuit complaint reportedly seeks to have Philip Morris pay for medical monitoring (i.e., regular screenings to detect early signs of lung cancer) in the form of a low-dose computed tomography scan (which typically cost $400 to $500 per year).
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