Fla. Court Ruling Doesn't Affect Tobacco Case, 11th Circ. Told

By Carolina Bolado (May 2, 2017, 8:25 PM EDT) -- A widower whose wife died of smoking-related lung cancer told the Eleventh Circuit on Monday that a recent Florida Supreme Court ruling that federal law does not preempt Engle progeny plaintiffs' strict liability and negligence claims against tobacco companies has no bearing on his case, in which R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris have abandoned the preemption argument....

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