Carter v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• focusing on whether plaintiff should have reasonably discovered injuries within three year statute of limitation even though injuries were due to smoking that started forty-four years before lawsuit and ended twenty-nine years before lawsuit
• “Absent a finding to the contrary, juries are presumed to follow the instructions given them.”
• products liability claims for negligence and strict liability involving a latent or “creeping” disease related to cigarettes
• “Absent a finding to the contrary, juries are presumed to follow the instructions given them.”
• “Absent a finding to the contrary, juries are presumed to follow the instructions given them.”
• “Absent a finding to the contrary, juries are presumed to follow the instructions given them.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).