Legal Opinion
Insolia v. Philip Morris Inc.
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided December 20, 2000No. 97-C-0347-CPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, District Judge.
This civil suit for monetary relief was filed by persons seeking damages for injuries suffered as a result of smoking cigarettes. It is before the court after having been dismissed, appealed and remanded.
In an order entered in May 1999, I granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on all but one of the many claims raised by plaintiffs in their complaint, which fell into the categories of negligence, negligence per se (strict Lability), intentional exposure to a hazardous substance and conspiracy. Shortly thereafter, the parties stipulated to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Geier v. American Honda Motor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Ernestine KEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Greiten v. La DowWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Phil J. Marotta, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Prado Alvarez v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2004
- Conley v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.District Court, N.D. California · 2002
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