R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Pleased With Decertification of Simon II

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for the Eastern District of New York, had certified the Simon II class as a
nationwide, "punitive damages non-opt-out class . resident who had ever smoked and had been
diagnosed with various specified smoking-related diseases since April 9, 1993. R. Reynolds,
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