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CIPOLLONE v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

Civ. A. No. 83-2864.

644 F.Supp. 283 (1986)

Antonio CIPOLLONE, individually and as executor of the Estate of Rose D. Cipollone, Plaintiff, v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Philip Morris, Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation; and Loew's Theatres, Inc., a New York Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

September 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Dryzdowski, Westmont (Brown, Connery, Kulp, Wille, Purnell & Greene), for defendant Philip Morris Inc.

Marc Z. Edell, Short Hills (Budd Larner Gross Picillo Rosenbaum & Sade), for plaintiff.

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

In this diversity action plaintiff Antonio Cipollone, acting individually and as the administrator of his deceased wife's estate, seeks damages against the companies that manufactured and sold cigarettes which he alleges to be the proximate cause of her lung cancer and death. At this juncture, plaintiff moves in limine for an order precluding the defendants from introducing evidence as to the cigarette industry's collateral...

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