John J. Glassner, for the Estate of Ella J. Glassner, Deceased v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Philip Morris, Inc.

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant John J. Glassner, individually and as executor for the estate of Ella J. Glassner, appeals the district court’s decision dismissing his wrongful death action against Defendants-Appellees R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris, Inc., (“Defendants”) 1 for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Glassner’s eight-count Complaint originally was filed in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas and subsequently was removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio…