Time Limits On Widow’s Trial Against Tobacco Company Affirmed By Mass. High Court

( February 12, 2024, 11:47 AM EST) -- BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a trial court did not abuse its discretion by imposing a 56-hour time limit on a smoker’s widow’s wrongful death trial against two tobacco companies and a local retailer and did not prevent the plaintiff from fully presenting her case to the jury....