Altria Says It Caused No Harm To School Districts Or County Suing It In Juul MDL

(July 2, 2020, 12:30 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Tobacco company Altria Group Inc. on June 22 moved for dismissal from bellwether complaints filed by six school districts and one county in the Juul multidistrict litigation, arguing that the plaintiffs fail to establish that Altria caused any of the alleged injuries because most of them occurred before Altria invested in Juul Labs Inc. in December 2018 (In Re:  Juul Labs, Inc., Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2913, No. 19-md-2913, N.D. Calif.)....