Legal Opinion
Iron Workers Local Union No. 17 Insurance Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided September 21, 1998No. 1:97-cv-01422PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GWIN, District Judge.
On January 8, 1998, defendants 1 moved this Court to dismiss plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) [Doc. 27]. 2 In ruling on defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, the Court first examines defendants’ general defense that plaintiffs’ claims are too remote to allow recovery. To decide this, the Court reviews the principles underlying the remoteness doctrine and the proximate cause doctrine. After having made this review, the Court concludes that plaintiffs’ claims are not…
2Cases cited83 opinions
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- Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of CarpentersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Russello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Steamfitters Local Union No. 420 Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Lowe v. Bowers (In Re Nicole Gas Prod., Ltd.)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2019
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc. v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- Bourke v. CarnahanOhio Court of Appeals · 2005
- National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1998
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