Mealey's (September 7, 2018, 11:42 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Pursuant to its holding in Burkhart v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 5 rejected assertions by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris Inc. that their due process rights are violated when courts give preclusive effect to the concealment and conspiracy findings in Engle v. Liggett Grp., Inc. (Cheryl Searcy v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 13-15258, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 25191)....