Legal Opinion
Waterhouse v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 24, 2005No. CIV. PJM 02-2446PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MESSITTE, District Judge.
Of the multiple legal theories on which Plaintiff Robert Waterhouse sued Defendants R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Brown & Williams Tobacco Corporation for injuries sustained while smoking, only two remain — pre-1969 failure to warn sounding in negligence and the same failure to warn sounding in strict liability. 1 Defendants now move for summary judgment with respect to those counts. Having considered the pleadings and oral argument of counsel, the Court will GRANT Defendants’ motion.
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Waterhouse began smoking in approximately 1947 at age 17 and continued to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Perini Corporation v. Perini Construction, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Phipps v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Waterhouse v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
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