Legal Opinion
Izzarelli v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 29, 2000No. 399CV2338 (AHN)PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
NEVAS, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Barbara Izzarelli (“Izzarel-li”), brings this action against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (“Reynolds”) under the Connecticut Products Liability Act, Conn.Gen.Stat. § 52-572 et seq. (“PLA”) and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, Conn.Gen.Stat. § 42-110b et seq. (“CUTPA”). She alleges that she suffered personal injuries as a result of her addiction to Salem cigarettes and sustained economic losses as a result of Reynolds’s unfair and deceptive acts and practices in the marketing of its products.
Now pending is Reynolds’s…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Hishon v. King & SpaldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Kramer v. Time Warner Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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- Dahl v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2007
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