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Litigation

Nov. 18, 2003

Panel Burns Tobacco Firm With Opinion's Language

Losing an appeal is bad enough. But Los Angeles appellate-court justices burned R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and its counsel with fiery language in a recent opinion.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
        Losing an appeal is bad enough. But Los Angeles appellate-court justices burned R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and its counsel with fiery language in a recent opinion.
        The 2nd District Court of Appeal's majority decision criticized the smoke-products maker for "flirting with the boundaries" of a state law that proh...

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