Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,823 Floyd F. Roysdon, and Wife, Ruth Ann Roysdon v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1988No. 86-5072PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
Floyd Roysdon and his wife appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their failure to warn claim against R.J. Reynolds Company (Reynolds), and grant of Reynolds’ motion for directed verdict with respect to their products liability claim based on allegations that defendant’s cigarettes are “defective and unreasonably dangerous.” Roysdon v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 623 F.Supp. 1189 (E.D.Tenn.1985). We affirm the district court’s holding that the “failure to warn” claim is preempted by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1331-1341, and we…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by69 opinions
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