Legal Opinion
Allgood v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1996No. 95-20363PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Samuel Allgood, a lifetime smoker, died from complications relating to throat cancer in January of 1989. His family appeals a summary judgement on all claims in their action against defendants R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Reynolds); The American Tobacco Company (AT); The Tobacco Insti*170tute, Inc. (TI); and The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc. (CTR). We affirm.
Plaintiffs claimed that defendants tortiously contributed to Allgood’s death through fraudulent misrepresentations regarding defendants’ efforts to discover the health consequences of cigarette smoking,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. ZolinSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Haines v. Liggett Group Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Nelson v. KrusenTexas Supreme Court · 1984
- Russell v. Ingersoll-Rand Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1992
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3Cited by65 opinions
- American Tobacco Co., Inc. v. GrinnellTexas Supreme Court · 1997
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- Badon v. R J R Nabisco Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Albertine Kirksey, of the Estate of Curtis Kirksey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Ruth E. Hughes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Sherman Hughes, Sr., Deceased v. The Tobacco Institute, Inc. Philip Morris, Inc. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. B.A.T. Industries Plc Lorillard Tobacco Co. The American Tobacco Company Liggett Group, Inc. United States Tobacco Company the Council for Tobacco Research Usa, Inc., Carlis Cole, Carlis Cole Charles Cole Louis Ardoin Charles Banks Ruth Davis Donald French Lois French Linda Goodwin Daniel Hughes Barbara Orr Darrell Orr, Sr. Dale Sonnier Agnes Vondy, Individually & as Representative of the Estate of Luanne Davis, Deceased Kaffie Williams, Individually & as Representative of the Estate of Jules Williams, Sr., Deceased Frank O'Pry Joseph Wray, the Son of Thomas H. Wray, Deceased, & Paula Wray Ewing, of the Estate of Thomas H. Wray, Deceased Patricia Gibson, Individually & as Representative of the Estate of Danny Gibson, Deceased & as Next Friend of Paul Gibson, Patrick Gibson, Bryan Gibson, Gayla Gibson & Gabrielle Gibson, Minors, Steven Faircloth, Intervenor v. The Tobacco Institute, Inc. Philip Morris, Incorporated Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company B.A.T. Industries Plc Lorillard Tobacco Company the American Tobacco Company Liggett Group, Inc. United States Tobacco Company the Council for Tobacco Research Usa, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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