Tobacco Companies: Suit Barred By Statute Of Limitations, Fails To State Claims

Mealey's (April 9, 2019, 1:20 PM EDT) -- PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. tell a Florida federal court in a March 14 reply brief that a lawsuit brought by two people seeking damages for injuries they say were caused by smoking cigarettes should be dismissed because it is barred by the statute of limitations and fails to adequately state a claim for strict liability or negligence because neither plaintiff is a member of the Engle v. Ligget Group class action (Pamela Bolds, et al. v. Philip Morris USA Inc., No. 5:18-CV-235, N.D. Fla.)....