Judge Dismisses $100M Suit Against Tobacco Company For Causing Man’s Addiction

(September 14, 2023, 11:32 AM EDT) -- FLORENCE, S.C. — A South Carolina federal judge dismissed with prejudice a pro se plaintiff’s personal injury lawsuit demanding $100 million from a tobacco company after adopting in full a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and finding the plaintiff’s suit deficient, in part because his claim that he was unaware of the health risks of smoking until June 2020 is “implausible.”...