Johnson v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

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• explaining that the same analysis applies to claims of negligence based on design defect and to breach of warranty based on design defect
• one must assert wrongful death claims on behalf of the decedent based upon claims the decedent could have brought had the decedent survived
• “plaintiff must ... plead that the particular tobacco used in the cigarettes consumed was, itself, bad.”

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