Mass. High Court Hears Widow, Tobacco Companies Debate Time Limitations On Trial

(November 7, 2023, 12:55 PM EST) -- BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments from a smoker’s widow, two tobacco companies and a local retailer who dispute whether the widow was denied the right to a fair trial by a judge’s imposition of time limits on the trial that she says hampered her presentation of evidence, with opposing counsel saying the time limitations were appropriate....