Philip Morris USA Announces Massachusetts Jury Rejects Smoker's Claim

Philip Morris MO said today a jury in Worcester, MA returned a verdict for the defense, holding that Marlboro cigarettes were not defectively designed and unreasonably dangerous. “We believe that the jury appropriately found that Marlboro cigarettes were not defectively designed and unreasonably dangerous,” said Murray Garnick, Altria Client Services senior vice president and associate general counsel, speaking on behalf of PM USA. “The jury correctly rejected the plaintiffs' theory that the company should have sold only virtually nicotine-free cigarettes.”