The family of Tony Gwynn, here at his Hall of Fame induction in 2007, are suing the tobacco industry over his 2014 death. The suit was filed in San Diego Superior Court by Alicia Gwynn and her children, Tony Jr. and Anisha Gwynn-Jones. ( Lenny Ignelzi / The Associated Press )SAN DIEGO—Tony Gwynn’s widow and two children filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to hold the tobacco industry accountable for the Hall of Famer’s death. The suit says Gwynn started dipping as a 17-year-old freshman ballplayer at San Diego State. LLC., and two people the suit says ran an intramural softball team called “Skoal Brothers” at San Diego State in the late 1970s.

Source: thestar May 23, 2016 18:41 UTC