Evers v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that RJR was not entitled to a directed verdict where it failed to “conclusively” demonstrate that the smoker was not “reassured by the controversy the tobacco companies generated to keep people smoking”
• noting that “[a] party seeking a directed verdict bears a heavy burden”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).