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11th Circ. Buttresses Smokers' Claims Against Tobacco Cos.

By Carolina Bolado (May 23, 2017, 6:12 PM EDT) -- With the Eleventh Circuit's en banc ruling Thursday in a smoker's suit against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, Engle progeny plaintiffs dodged a federal-state court split that might have given the U.S. Supreme Court incentive to weigh in on whether plaintiffs could use the landmark tobacco class action's jury findings to buttress their strict liability and negligence claims....

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