Legal Opinion
Forster v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 14, 1989No. C1-87-2170PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
The trial court ruled that plaintiffs’ suit claiming cancer from cigarette smoking was barred by federal preemption. The court of appeals reversed. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Plaintiff John Forster has sued defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Erickson Petroleum Corporation, d.b.a. Holiday Station Stores, Inc., claiming he contracted terminal cancer from smoking Camel cigarettes for 30 years. Mr. Forster alleges he began smoking in 1953 at age 15; that he was persuaded by Reynolds’ advertising that cigarette smoking was glamorous and nonhazardous to health;…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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