Medical Evidence Proves Smoker's Cancer Present in Class Action Time Period, Argues Plaintiff in Tobacco Trial

Crane Johnstone contends Mary Cooper’s laryngeal cancer was present before November 21, 1996. A key issue in Cooper’s Engle progeny suit against R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco defendants is whether her laryngeal cancer “manifested” prior to that date, which is required to establish her status as an Engle plaintiff.