A federal judge Wednesday expressed skepticism over a proposed class action lawsuit that would seek as much as $200 billion in damages against the tobacco industry for its allegedly deceptive marketing of light cigarettes.
In a daylong hearing, Eastern District of New York Judge Jack B. Weinstein wondered how the plaintiffs could define a viable class -- and accurately assess damages -- when the tens of millions of people who have smoked light cigarettes might have chosen to do so for any number of reasons.
From this article, it sounds like the judge is pretty skeptical of plaintiffs' class claims. Details here from the New York Law Journal via Law.com.