Smoker’s Widow Amends Pleadings Against Tobacco Companies, Retailers

( March 30, 2026, 8:22 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — The widow of a smoker who died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and esophageal cancer filed a first amended complaint in Massachusetts federal court against two tobacco companies and two retail companies after previously stipulating to dismissal of another tobacco company, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for wrongful death and unfair and deceptive trade practices....