Rogers v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

SHIELDS, Presiding Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FACTS . 1047

ISSUES. 1049

DISCUSSION. 1049

Introduction. 1049

I.Strict Liability and Negligence Claims. 1050

A. Preemption. 1050

1. Failure to Warn. 1050

2. Design Defect.,. 1051

B. Statute of Limitations. 1051

C. Open and Obvious Rule. 1052

D. § 402A Concept of “Unreasonably Dangerous”. 1052

II.Fraud. 1055

III. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. 1056

IV. Punitive Damages. 1056

CONCLUSION. 1057

Yvonne Rogers, individually and as Executrix of her late husband’s estate, appeals an adverse grant of summary judgment on the wrongful death, loss of consortium,…