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RPWB is not accepting any tobacco-related lawsuits at this time. |
Collectively, the attorneys at Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman bring decades of experience in tobacco litigation to the courtroom. Several RPWB attorneys played prominent roles in the nation-wide litigation that led to an historic settlement between the Attorneys General of all 50 states and the tobacco industry to recover healthcare costs of smoking-related diseases. Since coming together at RPWB, the attorneys on the tobacco team have focused on one of the most pervasive frauds perpetuated by the tobacco industry: the false marketing of "light" cigarettes.
In Price v. Philip Morris, RPWB attorneys helped win a landmark consumer fraud judgment against Philip Morris for $10.1 billion. This Illinois case was the first to hold a tobacco company accountable for decades of deceptive labeling of cigarettes as "light" or "lowered tar." RPWB attorneys presented evidence that Philip Morris' "light" brands were just as harmful, and in certain aspects, more harmful, than its regular brands. Within weeks of the verdict, Philip Morris USA declared that is was removing the phrase "Lowered Tar and Nicotine" from packages of its best-selling brand, Marlboro Lights. At this time, RPWB has similar cases pending against both R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson.
For its work in Price v. Philip Morris, the entire RPWB tobacco team was nominated in 2003 for the Trial attorney of the Year Award by Trial attorneys for Public Justice.
In pursuing claims against the tobacco industry, RPWB attorneys have worked closely with the leading public health authorities and experts around the world. They bring skill, passion and dedication to the fight against the tobacco industry for its part in creating the great public health crisis of cigarette smoking.
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