prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 14,222 Carl O. Brown, Jr. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Carl Brown filed this products liability suit against various cigarette manufacturers, claiming they were responsible for his throat cancer. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the cigarette manufacturers and Brown appeals. This case turns on whether its merit is to be measured by the Louisiana Products Liability Act effective September 1, 1988, or Louisiana tort law in place before that date. We find that the district court properly applied Louisiana’s Products Liability Act to Brown’s claim and affirm the summary judgment.

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In 1991,…