Walker v. Liggett Group, Inc.

Walker v. Liggett Group, Inc.

Challenge to a cigarette manufacturer’s attempt to stop all tobacco-related litigation against it based on a proposed national no-opt-out class action settlement binding all present and future victims.

We defeated a cigarette manufacturer’s attempt in Walker v. Liggett Group, Inc. to stop all tobacco-related litigation against it based on a proposed national no-opt-out class action settlement binding all present and future victims.  As the litigation proceeded, we convinced courts in West Virginia and Alabama that the proposed settlement was illegal and could not be approved.