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Top Class Actions viewers are starting to receive checks in the mail from a class action settlement filed in Arkansas that accused Philip Morris USA Inc. of misrepresenting Marlboro Lights and Marlboro Ultra Lights as being “healthier” than regular Marlboros.
According to comments and posts on the Top Class Actions Facebook page, Class Members who submitted timely and valid claims for the Arkansas Marlboro Lights class action settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $7,888.21 on April 17, 2017.
If you filed a claim for the Arkansas Marlboro Lights settlement, keep an eye on your mailbox because checks are on their way!
The Marlboro Lights class action settlement resolves allegations brought by two Arkansas plaintiffs in 2003. The lawsuit accused Philip Morris of using terms like “lower tar and nicotine” when in reality the “lighter” cigarettes did not provide a safer alternative to smoking regular Marlboros.
Philip Morris denied the allegations but agreed to settle the litigation to avoid the risk and cost of ongoing litigation.
Class Members included “all persons who purchased Defendant’s Marlboro Light or Marlboro Ultra Light cigarettes in the state of Arkansas for personal consumption from November 1, 1971 through June 22, 2010.”
The deadline to file a claim for the Marlboro Lights class action settlement passed on Dec. 1, 2016.
Congratulations to our Top Class Actions readers who submitted a valid claim and got PAID! If you missed out, sign up for our free newsletter to receive updates on new class action lawsuits and settlements. You can also check out which class action settlements are still accepting claims in our Open Class Action Settlements section.
The Class is represented by Thomas P. Thrash and Marcus N. Bozeman of Thrash Law Firm PA; Dewitt M. Lovelace of Lovelace and Associates PA; John Eddie Williams, Jr., Edwin Armistead Easterby, Brian Abramson and Sean McCarthy of Williams, Kherkher, Hart, Boundas LLP; Joe J. Fisher, II, Guy Fisher and W. Michael Hamilton of Provost Umphrey Law Firm LLP.
The Arkansas Marlboro Lights Class Action Lawsuit is Wayne Miner and James Easley v. Philip Morris USA Inc., Case No. 60-cv-2003-4661, in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas.
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70 thoughts onArkansas Marlboro Lights Class Action Settlement Checks Mailed
How do I know if I’m on the list to be paid???
I only got a 100 it not fair why some got way more…but I’m thankful for what I got
I agree…only $100 also…I called and told them it was an after on there part…showed o clicked on I smoked til o graduated highschool then quit for 2 years then started back…makes no sense…pay us what we are found legally to be in the right of being falsely advertised to!!make it right Arkansas!!!
I only received a $100 also…there has to became computer error…they said they would look into it…I agree if it’s not fixed and made right then we should all file a complaints… Maybe they’ll do what’s right!! Come on!!! Only fair?!
If you bought them before your 18th birthday after the tobacco law changed. Then it was illegal.
The judge is accusing us of being criminals. It wasn’t against the law in the 70’s to buy cigarettes.
I agree. I received the same letter. Except the judge accused me of buying cigarettes illegally befor my 18th Birthday and it was NOT illegal to buy cigarettes in Arkansas before you were 18 in 1978
My husband got his $2400 check and I got $1600.
do we pay taxes on these checks?
I signed my sister and brother in law up and they got checks for 3100.00 and 3200.00. I received a check for 100.00 because they said I submitted a claim in which I illegally purchased cigarettes for a calendar year before I turned 18 so they reduced my claim to 100.00.
I don’t know if there would be any recourse but I do believe it is unfair for them to penalize us for a miscalculation.
I agree that we should all get together and demand our share. I smoked Marlboro lights because I thought they were safer and would do no harm to me. Now I have COPD from them and they are adding insult to injury by doing this. Shame on them!
I don’t like being accused of something I didn’t do.
I only got 100 as well. Im eeady to demand my share as well. And why is it only in arkansas.