Justice: Sufficient Allegations Tobacco Entities Knew Of Asbestos-Filter Hazard

Mealey's (December 21, 2018, 2:16 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Allegations that a tobacco company continued advertising its Micronite filters as the safest on the market despite mounting evidence that the asbestos-containing filters posed a hazard to users support a woman’s mesothelioma case and a claim for punitive damages, a New York justice held in an opinion denying summary judgment posted Dec. 19 (Lois Prokocimer v. Avon Products Inc., et al., No. 190030/2017, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.)....

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