Legal Opinion
Tuttle Ex Rel. Tuttle v. Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 30, 2004No. 03-1865PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
As a young professional baseball player Bill Tuttle (Tuttle) began chewing smokeless tobacco in 1955, and continued chewing regularly until 1993. His product of choice was Beech-Nut, which was manufactured by Lorillard Tobacco Company and later acquired in 1988 by National Tobacco Company. In October 1993, Tuttle was diagnosed with oral cancer, and he later died in July 1998 from related complications. On September 21, 1999, Tuttle’s widow, Gloria Tuttle 1 (Mrs. Tuttle) filed a lawsuit against several smokeless tobacco manufacturers and their trade association, alleging…
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