REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA V. PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC.
39 F.Supp. 2d 1008 (1999)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a suit by a foreign country to recover various health care costs it allegedly incurred in treating illnesses suffered as a result of tobacco use.
FACTS: The governments of Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Thailand, Venezuela, and Bolivia have filed suit in the geographically diverse locales of Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida, in both state and federal courts. This order addressed the filing by Bolivia in the District Court of Brazoria County, Texas.
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