Law Firm: Plaintiff Opted Out Of Engle, Malpractice Claims Fail

Mealey's (November 17, 2015, 11:12 AM EST) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Allegations of legal malpractice by the daughter of a smoker who failed to join the class of plaintiffs in Engle v. Liggett Grp. Inc. (945 So. 2d 1246 [Fla. 2006]) should be dismissed as untimely pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), a law firm and several of its attorneys argued Nov. 12 in a Florida federal court (Shirley Spooner v. Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP et al., No. 15-1330, M.D. Fla.)....

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