Jones v. American Tobacco Co.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the health risks of cigarettes became common knowledge in 1966 and dismissing under 12(b)(6
• deciding as a matter of law that the risks of smoking were common knowledge, where the plaintiffs had begun smoking either close to or after Congress first required health warnings on cigarette labels in 1966
• denying motion to reconsider where one defendant’s- dismissal was based in part on government contacts doctrine
• although not specifically addressing the causation issue, dismissing under Rule 12(b)(6) claims of plaintiff who smoked from 1954- 1990 where court found “common knowledge” of health risks as of 1966
• explaining the ruling in Tompkin

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).