Madison County, Illinois is to trial lawyers what Jerusalem is to monotheists: sacred ground. This county, near St. Louis, is the origin of many of the nation's most irresponsible vericts.
Such as this one that led to a $10 billion judgement against Philip Morris USA. A class action lawsuit against the cigarette maker charged that the marketing of its light brand of cigarattes implied that the smokes were safer, a jury in Madison County agreed.
Of course, reasonable people realize that any cigaratte smoking is harmful. Which is why the Illinois Supreme court threw the suit out of court.
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