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CIPOLLONE v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

Nos. 88-5732, 88-5770, 88-5771, 88-5784.

893 F.2d 541 (1990)

Antonio CIPOLLONE, individually and as Executor of the Estate of Rose D. Cipollone, v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated, A Virginia Corporation, and Lorillard, Inc., A New York Corporation. Appeal of PHILIP MORRIS, INC. Appeal of LORILLARD, INC. Appeal of LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Z. Edell (argued), Cynthia A. Walters, Budd Larner Gross Picillo Rosenbaum Greenberg & Sade, P.C., Short Hills, N.J., Alan M. Darnell, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge, N.J., for appellant Antonio Cipollone.

Thomas E. Silfen (argued), Brown & Connery, Westmont, N.J., Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant Philip Morris, Inc.

Robert E. Northrip (argued), Rhonda E. Fawcett, W. Edward Reeves, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., William S. Tucker, Jr., Stryker, Tams & Dill, Newark, N.J., for appellant Lorillard, Inc.

Donald J. Cohn (argued), James V. Kearney, Webster & Sheffield, New York City, Alan S. Naar, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Bergstein, Woodbridge, N.J., for appellant Liggett Group, Inc.

Before GIBBONS, Chief Judge, BECKER and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

                   TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                         Page

I.    Introduction .........................................................................  546
II.   The Relevant Facts Adduced at Trial ..................................................  548
III.  Procedural History ...................................................................  552
IV.   Should Mrs. Cipollone's Post-1965 Conduct...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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