“Son of Engle” Starts Soon

The first of 8,000 individual tobacco cases that resulted from the decertification of the Engle class will start soon.  They were to start today, but flooding in the Broward County Courthouse delayed the trial.

The plaintiffs in these cases will have the benefit of a number of factual findings in the initial class action:

The Florida high court ruled that former class members could file individual claims against the tobacco companies without having to prove what was already established in the class action: that cigarette smoking is dangerous, that tobacco companies knew that smoking was dangerous, and that tobacco companies knowingly misled the public about the dangers of smoking.

(AmLaw Daily)

Point of Law previewed the case last week.

–BC