Smoker’s Widow Tells Massachusetts High Court Wrongful Death Suit Is Timely

(August 30, 2022, 9:46 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — The surviving spouse of a deceased smoker in an Aug. 25 appellant brief urges the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to find that a lower court erred by finding her wrongful death suit against a tobacco company time-barred despite it being filed within three years of the smoker’s death because at the time of his death the smoker would have been time-barred from bringing a personal injury claim for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) caused by smoking....