Tobacco Company Removes Engle Progeny Suit To Florida Federal Court

(January 16, 2018, 11:35 AM EST) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A tobacco company being sued for product liability in Florida state court on Jan. 5 removed the suit to Florida federal court because the plaintiff in the state Engle progeny suit also has a pending Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which under federal law is an asset of the bankruptcy estate (David Walters v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 3:18-CV-75, M.D. Fla.)....

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