High Court Poised To Consider Petitions For Certiorari By Tobacco Cos.

Mealey's (February 11, 2019, 12:35 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A docket entry on Feb. 6 indicates the U.S. Supreme Court will consider at its Feb. 22 conference a due process challenge by two tobacco companies ordered to pay a woman $4.34 million in connection with the cancer death of her mother (R.J. Reynolds, et al. v. Cheryl Searcy, No. 18-649, U.S. Sup.)....