Massachusetts High Court Rejects Smokers’ Wrongful Death Suits As Untimely

Mealey's (July 6, 2023, 12:04 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed the dismissal of two wrongful death actions brought by the estates of deceased smokers against tobacco companies as time-barred, writing that because wrongful death suits are “derivative” actions, the statute of limitations begins to accrue based on the date of injury, not the smoker’s death....