Will Big Oil Suffer the Same Fate as Big Tobacco?

Bad news for big tobacco.

WXII12.com:

R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company said Monday it will appeal a federal judge's
decision to grant class action status to tens of millions of "light
cigarette" smokers for a potential $200 billion lawsuit against tobacco
companies.

RJR said it will ask the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals for a stay of all proceedings in the case pending an appellate
review.

U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein in Brooklyn made the
ruling on a 2004 lawsuit that alleges Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco, Lorillard Tobacco and other defendants duped smokers.