- Plaintiff
- Mooney, Lesia
- Represented By:
- Kaiser, Allan (Ferraro Law Firm)
- Damiani, Lora (Ferraro Law Firm)
- Defense
- Philip Morris USA, Inc.
- Defense
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
- Represented By:
- Baringer, Randal (Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP)
Plaintiffs Don Meacham and daughter Lesia Mooney sued the tobacco companies following the 1993 death of Barbara Meacham, who smoked up to two packs of cigarettes per day. Meacham claims his wife smoked for 15 years before the tobacco companies eventually added health warnings to cigarette packaging, but that by then she had already developed a serious addiction.
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Verdict for the defense
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