Winston-Salem Journal U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear tobacco companies’ appeal on smoker lawsuit ruling Ed Sweda Jr., a senior attorney with Northeastern University School of Law, said the decision not to hear the appeal “is a big victory for Engle plaintiffs and their attorneys.” “This makes litigating these (potential 8,000) Engle progeny cases much easier than if the plaintiff lawyers had to re-prove these issues in each individual case.” […]