11th Circuit Reverses Judgment, Finds Smoker Was Not Engle Class Member

Mealey's (November 25, 2020, 12:34 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 20 reversed a district court’s ruling that a deceased smoker was an Engle class member and said two tobacco companies are entitled to judgment as a matter of law because the smoker’s medical conditions did not satisfy the Florida Supreme Court’s requirements for Engle class membership (Patricia Harris v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 19-11907, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 36595)....