"Tobacco Case Pushes Limits on Class Suits"

This morning's Daily Journal reports (subscription) on the Supreme Court's grant of review in Tobacco:

The main question the court will decide in the newest case, lawyers for both sides said, is whether plaintiffs must show that each individual member of the class has been harmed, a nearly impossible burden. Much easier would be to prove that the named plaintiffs have suffered a loss and then later evaluate damages to the entire class.