The Florida Supreme Court has issued a mandate in the
Engle v. Liggett Class Action requiring class members to take action and file individual lawsuits by January 11, 2008. |
| Florida Supreme Court Findings: |
- Smoking cigarettes causes diseases including aortic aneurysms, bladder cancer, cerebrovascular disease, cervical cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease, esophageal cancer, kidney cancer, laryngeal cancer, lung cancer, oral cavity/tongue cancer, pancreatic cancer, periphreal vascular disease, pharyngeal cancer, stomach cancer and pregnancy complications.
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- Nicotine in cigarettes is addictive.
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- Tobacco companies marketed and sold cigarettes that were defective and unreasonably dangerous.
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- The tobacco industry purposely ommited or concealed known information about the adverse health effects and addictive properties of smoking cigarettes.
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- Tobacco companies intentionally misrepresented information about the adverse health effects and addictive properties of cigarettes.
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- All of the defendant companies in the Engle v. Liggett Class Action lawsuit were negligent.
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