PHILLIPS v. R.J. REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES


769 S.W.2d 488 (1988)

Walter C. PHILLIPS and wife Mary H. Phillips, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. R.J. REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES, INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Institute, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied April 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Lee, Knoxville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert J. Campbell, Knoxville, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

James E. Brading, II, Johnson City, for American Tobacco Co.

Darryl K. Lowe, Knoxville, for Tobacco Sales Co., Inc.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court April 3, 1989.

OPINION

GODDARD, Judge.

In this products liability suit, filed on January 17, 1986,1 Walter C. Phillips2 appeals a summary judgment rendered against him in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, The American Tobacco Company, and Tobacco Sales Company, Inc. He insists that the grant of summary judgment was in error...

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