Fabiano v. Philip Morris Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lippman, P.J.
Maureen Fabiano died in 2002 after a bout with lung cancer. In this action brought by her estate and her surviving spouse, it is alleged that her cancer was caused by carcinogens she ingested by smoking cigarettes, an activity in which she engaged over a 36-year period, beginning in 1956 when she was 14 years of age. It is further alleged that defendants, the manufacturers of the cigarettes smoked by Ms. Fabiano, by dint of a carefully orchestrated and sustained campaign of advertising and misinformation directed particularly at young people, were instrumental…
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