Mealey's (August 29, 2018, 12:38 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Deeming the Maryland appellate ruling in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v Stidham, 448 Md. 497, 141 A3d 1 (2016), instructive, a New York judge in an opinion posted Aug. 27 rejected efforts by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to transfer smoking-related allegations by a lung cancer sufferer out of the New York City Asbestos Litigation (NYCAL) docket (Stephen Gabris v. 3M Company et al., No. 190259/2017, N.Y. Sup., New York Co., 2018 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 3623)....