Laborers Local 17 Health and Benefit Fund; Transportworkers Union New York City Private Bus Lines Health Benefittrust, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarlysituated; United Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund;communications Workers of America Local 1180 Securitybenefits Fund; International Union of Operating Engineers,local 891 Welfare Fund and Social Service Employees Unionlocal 371 Welfare Fund, on Behalf of Themselves and Allothers Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-appellees, v. Philip Morris, Inc.; R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown& Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Usa; B.a.t. Industries,p.l.c.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.;american Tobacco Company; United States Tobacco Company;council for Tobacco Research-u.s.a., Inc.; Tobaccoinstitute, Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc. and Hill &knowlton, Inc., Defendants-appellants, 172 F.3d 223 (2d Cir. 1999)