- Jun 17, 2014
High Court's Denial Spurs Big Tobacco To Look Beyond Engle
Law360, New York (June 16, 2014, 10:07 PM ET) -- Big Tobacco has again failed to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to plaintiff-friendly findings in the massive Engle personal injury litigation in Florida, a loss that attorneys say could finally push cigarette makers to focus less on dismantling the Florida suits and more on avoiding a similar fate in other states. The U.S. Supreme Court last week denied 10 certiorari petitions in which tobacco giants incl