Rearick v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

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• holding the smoker was not an Engle class member and affirming dismissal of wrongful death action brought by the smoker’s survivors
• holding qualification for membership in Engle class requires plaintiff to show that decedent was Florida resident at time of medical diagnosis of smoking-related disease or at time evidence of causal relationship of cause of action had otherwise manifested itself
• summary judgment for defendant affirmed where plaintiff filed suit in 2008; plaintiffs relative died 15 years pri- or to 2008; because plaintiff did not qualify for Engle class, lawsuit was time-barred

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