Suit Against Tobacco Companies And Retailers Remanded To Virgin Islands Court

Mealey's (September 30, 2022, 2:28 PM EDT) -- CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix — A Virgin Islands federal judge remanded a dead smoker’s wrongful death suit against tobacco companies and several local retailers to the Virgin Islands Superior Court after ruling that the district court lacks jurisdiction to resolve whether the claims against the nondiverse defendants are time-barred or if the retailers waived that defense by not answering the complaint by a court-ordered deadline....

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