R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to seek further review of Scott case
February 07 2007 - 8:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Louisiana 4th
Circuit Court of Appeal today issued its ruling in the Scott class
action, a suit brought by smokers in the state against cigarette
manufacturers, including R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. "The court
reduced the amount of potential damages by at least 70 percent,"
said Jeff Raborn, senior counsel for R.J. Reynolds. "We are
certainly pleased with that, but we remain convinced that the class
should be decertified and the case completely reversed." Raborn
added R.J. Reynolds will seek further review of the case. In the
case, a Louisiana jury in 2004 rejected plaintiff's claims for
medical monitoring and defective product but found defendants
should be responsible for a smoking cessation program in the state.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, an indirect subsidiary of Reynolds
American Inc. (NYSE:RAI), is the second-largest tobacco company in
the United States, manufacturing about one of every three
cigarettes sold in the country. The company's brands include five
of the 10 best-selling U.S. cigarette brands: Camel, Kool, Winston,
Salem and Doral. For more information, visit http://www.rjrt.com/.
DATASOURCE: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company CONTACT: David Howard of
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, +1-336-741-3489 Web site:
http://www.rjrt.com/
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