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Appeals court hears challenge to trial court’s exclusions of tobacco‑industry documents and witness testimony
Summary
Family counsel argued that a trial judge excluded extensive internal and third‑party evidence showing tobacco companies studied and marketed to youth, undermining the plaintiffs’ negligent‑marketing and conspiracy claims in a lengthy products trial.
Attorneys for the Pritzke family told the appeals court the trial judge excluded hundreds of pages of internal industry materials and witness testimony that the plaintiffs say showed a deliberate, decades‑long effort to market cigarettes to youth.
Andrew Rayner, representing the Pritzke family, said trial evidence showing internal memos and marketing documents were excluded or limited, including material referencing youth‑oriented strategies and specific memos that…
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