Legal Opinion
Pappas v. Philip Morris, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 12, 2019No. Docket 17-3842-cv; August Term, 2018PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gerard E. Lynch, Circuit Judge:
*891 Plaintiff-Appellant Hazel B. Pappas ("Pappas") seeks to bring several Connecticut law claims, pro se , against Defendant-Appellee Philip Morris, Inc. ("Philip Morris"), on behalf of the estate of her late husband, who died of respiratory and heart diseases after years of smoking Marlboro cigarettes, manufactured by Philip Morris. The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Alvin W. Thompson, J. ) dismissed Pappas's complaint, holding that certain of her claims were barred by the statute of limitations and that she could not bring the…
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