Judge Dismisses Wrongful Death Suit Against Tobacco Companies

(May 31, 2017, 11:54 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on May 16 dismissed a wrongful death suit against two tobacco companies brought by the widower of a woman who died from cardiovascular diseases after years of smoking because the plaintiff failed to join his adult children as plaintiffs in the suit (Julius Engel v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 2:17-cv-618, E.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74692)....