hospitals had claimed, that companies the health effects of smoking wrong have a lawsuit filed by hospitals six major US tobacco companies, defeated the compensation for the treatment of patients with smoking caused diseases.Thirty-seven hospitals in the State of Missouri had claimed that cigarette companies a "unreasonably dangerous" product delivered.
Sought more than $455 m (£ 272 m) had not paid the reimbursement for the treatment of uninsured smokers, the care.
The hospitals to treat many poor, non-paying patients.
They said they needed medical ethics for the treatment of those in need, regardless of their ability to pay.
In the case claimed that tobacco companies manipulated the nicotine in cigarettes and misinterpreted the health effects of smoking, the hospitals.
But a jury in St. Louis rejected their claim.
"The jury agreed United States with Philip Morris, that normal cigarettes are designed or defective, not negligent", said Murray Garnick by Philip Morris.
An official of Lorillard, another company in the case, said: "Convincing evidence the jury, including statements from hospital presented witnesses who confirmed the hospitals were not financially as they claimed damaged."
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