Waterhouse v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Appellant Robert Waterhouse brought this action against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, alleging that he developed lung cancer as a result of smoking cigarettes manufactured and sold by the defendants. The district court granted summary judgment to defendants. We affirm.

I

The facts, recounted in the light most favorable to Waterhouse, are as follows. Waterhouse began smoking in 1947, at age 17, and smoked continuously until December 1984. He smoked Lucky Strikes and Pall Mall cigarettes until the late 1950s to early 1960s, both of which were…