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Illinois Judge Rejects Bid to Revive Cigarette Lawsuit

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An Illinois judge has refused to reopen a class-action lawsuit that produced a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-maker Philip Morris, handing the plaintiffs their latest setback in legal action now more than a decade old.

It was not immediately clear whether Stephen Tillery, the St. Louis attorney who pursued the lawsuit involving so-called

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