Legal Opinion
Joanne Kotler, Individually and as Administratrix, Etc. v. The American Tobacco Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 19, 1990No. 90-1297, 90-1400PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Joanne Kotler, individually and as administratrix, filed suit in federal district court against The American Tobacco Company (ATC), Philip Morris, Inc. (PMI) and Liggett Group, Inc. (Lig-gett) seeking money damages in consequence of her husband’s death. Having tasted defeat below, Kotler appeals. We affirm.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant’s husband, George Kotler, died of lung cancer which was thought to have been caused by cigarette smoking. The decedent was born in 1931, started smoking in his youth, and thereafter regularly used Pall Malls, an ATC…
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