Family members of a deceased person cannot sue for wrongful death if the death occurs more than three years after the injury that caused it, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Thursday, upholding the dismissal of claims against tobacco giants Philip Morris USA Inc and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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Public Policy Group attorneys Phil Goldberg and Christopher Appel, working with partner Scott Chesin in the firm’s New York office, filed an amicus brief urging the New York high court.
A New York federal judge's recent thumbs-up for the Empire State's new public nuisance law targeting the firearms industry could pave the way for a flood of lawsuits in liberal states and would prevent the industry from dodging claims under a federal immunity shield, experts said.