Legal Opinion
Barnes v. American Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 12, 1998No. 97-1844UnknownCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
In this suit against the major American tobacco companies, we must decide whether a medical monitoring class should be certified under . Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2). The District Court decertified a proposed class of cigarette smokers on the grounds that significant individual issues precluded certification. After finding the statute of limitations had run with respect to the claims of five named plaintiffs and the sixth had failed to establish the need for medical monitoring, the District Court granted defendants summary judgment. We…
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