Legal Opinion
Beverly Lesnick, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Stanley S. Lesnick v. Hollingsworth & Vose Co., and Lorillard, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1994No. 93-1820PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge HILTON joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
After her husband died’ from lung cancer, Beverly Lesnick instituted this action in the District of Maryland, alleging that the filters in Kent brand cigarettes manufactured by defendants Lorillard, Inc., and Hollingsworth & Vose Co. were the cause of her husband’s death. In particular, she alleged that his death was caused by asbestos incorporated by the defendants into Kent brand cigarettes’ “Micronite Filter” between 1952 and 1956. Hollingsworth &…
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