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· 2/26/1997

Arnold v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Citations

  • 956 F. Supp. 110
  • 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2190
  • 1997 WL 85971

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that while a smoker should be immediately aware that smoking-related illness is not an acceptable consequence, a “wrongful conduct” standard applies in prescription drug lawsuits because a patient would reasonably excuse a prescription drug’s adverse side effects
  • “Once a smoker learns of an injury and draws the causal connection between the injury and cigarette use, the smoker knows all ... she needs to know in order to commence a [product liability] action....”
  • articulating policy grounds for Anthony

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Judges: Lagueux

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