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LESNICK v. HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE CO.

No. 93-1820.

35 F.3d 939 (1994)

Beverly LESNICK, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Stanley S. Lesnick, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE CO., Defendant-Appellee, and Lorillard, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Howell Kenneth Rosenberg, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant. Andrew James McElaney, Jr., Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, for appellee. ON BRIEF: Steven J. Cooperstein, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, Philadelphia, PA; Marc S. Rosen, Scanlan & Rosen, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for appellant. Stephen J. Brake, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, for appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HILTON, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge HILTON joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

After her husband died from lung cancer, Beverly Lesnick instituted this action in the District of Maryland, alleging that the filters in Kent brand cigarettes manufactured by defendants Lorillard, Inc., and Hollingsworth & Vose Co. were the cause of her husband...

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