Tompkin v. American Brands, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• dismissing widow’s common law fraud claim because she could not establish that the decedent smoked because he relied on the defendant’s misrepresentations
• “the health risk from smoking, particularly the risk of lung cancer, was ‘common knowledge’ in 1950”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tompkin v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-03-30· cited 63×
• John J. Glassner, for the Estate of Ella J. Glassner, Deceased v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Philip Morris, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-08-31· cited 56×
• Tompkins v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  N.D. New York· 2000-03-03· cited 47×
• Jocelyn Tompkin v. American Brands, Phillip Morris, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-07-24· cited 29×
• Estate of White Ex Rel. White v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  D. Maryland· 2000-07-25· cited 29×
• Hill v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  W.D. Kentucky· 1999-04-02· cited 20×
• Insolia v. Philip Morris Inc.
  W.D. Wisconsin· 1999-05-19· cited 7×
• Unnamed case
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-06-16· cited 1×
• Insolia, Vincent v. Philip Morris Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-06-16· cited 1×