Legal Opinion
Roysdon v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided December 18, 1985No. Civ. 3-84-606PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
HULL, District Judge.
This products liability action came to trial by jury on December 9, 1985. Plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd R. Roysdon, claimed that Mr. Roysdon suffers severe peripheral vascular disease as a proximate result of many years of smoking cigarettes manufactured by the defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company [R.J. Reynolds]. The Roysdons made two claims: that the defendant’s cigarettes are defective and unreasonably dangerous to the health of users and that the warnings on cigarette packages and in their advertising are inadequate to fully apprise users of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- San Diego Building Trades Council v. GarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La CuestaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida BarSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ford Motor Company v. LononTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- Pemberton v. American Distilled Spirits Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Carlisle v. Philip Morris, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Palmer v. Liggett Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,823 Floyd F. Roysdon, and Wife, Ruth Ann Roysdon v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Betty D. Pennington v. Vistron Corporation, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Inc., and American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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