New York State Appellate Court Rejects Hospitals' Claims Against Tobacco Companies.Business/Legal Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2003 Today a four-judge panel of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Appellate Division In several jurisdictions, the Appellate Division is the name of a court, or division of a court, that hears appeals from lower courts.
On January 27, 2003, Philip Morris Companies Inc. changed its name to Altria Group, Inc. Even under this new name, Altria continues to own 100% of Philip Morris USA. Inc. and other tobacco companies by 170 New York hospitals seeking damages for costs they allegedly incurred to treat injured smokers. The appeals court ruled that the hospitals' claims -- which depended upon alleged injuries sustained by hundreds of thousands of unidentified individuals -- were "entirely derivative" of the alleged harm suffered by individual patients and were therefore "too remote to permit recovery." "We are pleased, though not surprised, by the Court's decision," said William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Ohlemeyer, Philip Morris USA vice president and associate general counsel. "This is the latest in a long line of appellate decisions from state and federal courts across the country rejecting these types of claims. Only a few of these cases remain, and we are confident that they too will ultimately be dismissed," he added. The lawsuit was dismissed Dec. 14, 2001 by the Nassau County Nassau County is the name of two counties in the United States of America:
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