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PALMER v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

Civ. A. No. 83-2445-MA.

633 F.Supp. 1171 (1986)

Ann M. PALMER, Administratrix for the Estate of Joseph C. Palmer, and Ann M. Palmer, and Daphne S. Palmer, Plaintiffs, v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC. and Liggett & Myers Tobacco, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Potters and Daniel A. Shapiro, Nix & Potters, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Samuel Adams and Joseph Leghorn, Warner & Stackpole, Boston, Mass., Donald J. Cohn, Webster & Sheffield, New York City, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

MAZZONE, District Judge.

The essential background of this motion is straightforward. Joseph C. Palmer died in 1980, allegedly from lung cancer caused by his smoking L & M cigarettes since 1957. His wife, on her own behalf and as administratrix of his estate, and his mother filed this suit against the defendants, Liggett Group, Inc. and Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Inc., cigarette manufacturers...

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