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District Court Erred In Certifying Class Action Against Tobacco Companies In ?Light? Cigarettes Case Second Circuit Holds

By Michael J. Hassen

Second Circuit Rules District Court Erred in Certifying Class Action because Individual Proof of Reliance on Tobacco Companies? Marketing of ?Light? Cigarettes would be Required Stephanie Saul of The New York Times reports today on a ?victory for the tobacco industry? ? the Second Circuit opinion reversing class action certification of ?an $800 billion class-action lawsuit on behalf of smokers who said they had been misled that light cigarettes were safer than regular ones.? (Our initial rep read more

Full post as published by Class Action Defense Blog on April 04, 2008 (boomark / email).