A lawyer representing the Nigerian government in a US$44 billion (euro28 billion) lawsuit against three international tobacco companies told a court Monday that one of the defendants, Philip Morris, has refused a court summons.
"We have attempted to serve them three times; they have refused," lawyer Mariam Uwais said.
Judge Binta Murtala-Nyako said the company would be summoned through a notice published in Switzerland, the home of its parent company, and that Philip Morris would have 30 days from the publication to defend the lawsuit in the Abuja court.
The lawsuit accuses British American Tobacco PLC, Philip Morris International Inc. …
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