Legal Opinion
Victoria St. Pierre Lartigue v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1963No. 18903PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The Court’s decision on this appeal turns on the nature and scope of a cigarette manufacturer’s warranty of its product. The plaintiff’s husband, Frank J. Lartigue, died of cancer. The complaint alleges that the cancer came from smoking the defendants’ tobacco products, Picayune cigarettes and King Bee tobacco, manufactured by Liggett & Myers, and Camel cigarettes, manufactured by Reynolds. 1 The plaintiff bases her claim on breach of warranty and negligence. The defendants pleaded a general denial, contributory negligence, and assumption of risk. After a long trial, the…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Ultramares Corp. v. ToucheNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Spence v. Three Rivers Builders & Masonry Supply, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1958
- Otto E. Pritchard v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Greeno v. Clark Equipment CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1965
- Robert D. Putman v. Erie City Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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