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Quebec appeals court upholds 2015 tobacco class action

Published 2019-03-01, 04:22 p/m
Updated 2019-03-01, 04:30 p/m
© Reuters.  Quebec appeals court upholds 2015 tobacco class action

© Reuters. Quebec appeals court upholds 2015 tobacco class action

MONTREAL, March 1 (Reuters) - The Court of Appeal of Quebec upheld on Friday the vast majority of a 2015 case that awarded C$15 billion ($11.28 billion) in damages to smokers in the Canadian province, dealing a blow to Big Tobacco.

The judgment involves class action suits that were consolidated against the Canadian subsidiaries of British American Tobacco BATS.L , Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) PM.N and Japan Tobacco International 2914.T , known respectively as Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc and JTI-MacDonald Corp. ($1 = 1.3292 Canadian dollars)

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