Legal Opinion
In re Engle-Related
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 8, 2018No. 1D16–2651PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtOsterhaus, J.
Plaintiffs' counsel in this case filed seventy-three Engle , personal injury lawsuits on behalf of dead persons just before the statute of limitations expired in January 2008. Most of the named plaintiffs had been dead for many years, some for only months, but none were alive when counsel filed lawsuits in their names. Once the defendant tobacco companies discovered in 2015 that the plaintiffs had been dead from the start of the cases, they moved to dismiss them. This came on the heels of a federal district court decision dismissing hundreds of similar Engle cases brought by plaintiffs'…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2006
- Engle Cases 4432 Individual Tobacco v. Various Tobacco CompaniesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Esposito v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
- Capone v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2013
- Bill Williams Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. v. Haymarket Co-Op. BankDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
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