It’s ironic.
After years of failed efforts, Big Tobacco finally won a ruling that seriously undercuts the famous Engle ruling, a 2006 decision by the Florida Supreme Court that has been the bane of the industry. As our sister publication the Daily Business Review reported, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that so-called Engle progeny cases in federal court may not proceed under the presumption that cigarettes were defective as a matter of law.
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