Jeter v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SCHWAB, District Judge.

I.Introduction

Plaintiff Ivan Jeter, administrator of the estate of Ronald F. Smith (deceased), has filed suit against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (“B & W”), alleging that Mr. Smith developed lung cancer as a result of smoking Kool cigarettes manufactured and sold by B & W from 1961 to 1999. 1 Presently before the Court is a motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56, brought by defendant B & W. B & W avers that the Court should dismiss with prejudice all of Plaintiffs claims because none of them can be sustained as a matter of…