Montana: Tobacco Companies Wrongly Withholding $42M In Master Settlement Payments

Mealey's (April 24, 2020, 1:42 PM EDT) -- HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Attorney General’s Office on April 10 moved in state court to enforce provisions of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) against tobacco manufacturers, alleging that tobacco manufacturers owe the state $42,726,519.65 in annual payments required under the MSA and have intentionally raised unsubstantiated disputes to evade or reduce the payments (Montana ex rel. Timothy Fox v. Philip Morris Inc., et al., No. CDV-1997-306, Mont. 1st Jud. Dist., Lewis and Clark Co.)....