( September 5, 2025, 2:05 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Washington state court judge granted an opposed motion by Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM) to compel arbitration of claims brought against it by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other tobacco companies for allegedly making underpayments pursuant to a settlement, to which PM was not a party, that they reached with the state over payment obligations under the 1998 master settlement agreement (MSA)....