Legal Opinion
Cruz-Vargas v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 28, 2003No. 02-2688PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants are the widow and two sons of Luis Figueroa Serrano, a longtime heavy smoker who collapsed and died suddenly after several years of suffering from hypertension. 1 They brought this diversity action against appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, invoking Puerto Rico tort law and alleging that the cigarette manufacturer was responsible for Figueroa Serrano’s death. The district court granted summary judgment on most of appellants’ claims, allowing only the sons’ failure-to-warn claims arising prior to July 1, 1969 to go to the jury. After the jury ruled…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Medtronic, Inc. v. LohrSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Rivera Santana v. Superior Packaging Inc.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1992
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Jennings v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Bullock v. Phillip Morris USA, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2008
- Prado Alvarez v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Velazquez v. Abbott LaboratoriesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2012
- Geshke v. Crocs, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2012
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