Legal Opinion
Little v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided January 4, 2001No. CIV.A.2:98-1879-23PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DUFFY, District Judge.
This matter is before the court upon Defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s (“Reynolds”) and Defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company’s (“B & W”) motions for summary judgment on Plaintiff Suzanne Little’s claims to recover for the alleged smoking-related injuries of her late husband, Samuel Martin Little.
I. BACKGROUND
Viewed in the light most favorable to Plaintiff Suzanne Little (“Plaintiff’), the facts of this case are as follows: Martin Little smoked his first cigarette in approximately 1956 at the age of eleven, and began smoking cigarettes regularly in…
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- Hearn v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.District Court, D. Arizona · 2003
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