Legal Opinion
Fabiano v. Philip Morris Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 13, 2010PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Emily Jane Goodman, J.
This tobacco products liability action is brought by Lorilynn Fabiano Wojciehowski and Cosmo Fabiano (plaintiffs), the daughter and husband of the decedent Maureen Fabiano (herein decedent or smoker), who seek to recover damages for her injuries and death. Their theory implicitly characterizes all cigarettes as weapons of mass destruction. Decedent smoked cigarettes manufactured by defendants for a period of 36 years, and died of lung cancer allegedly as a result of her addiction. Defendants R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Holdings,…
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