MARK GERRITY, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF JUDITH S. GERRITY)
v.
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY ET AL.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 11, 2002.
Officially released April 15, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David S. Golub, with whom were Jonathan M. Levine and, on the brief, Eliot Gersten and John P. Clifford, Jr., for the appellant (plaintiff).
Gay L. Tedder, pro hac vice, with whom were Lawrence F. Reilly, Brien P. Horan, Linda L. Morkan, Lisa A. Sapcoe, pro hac vice, Mark R. Seiden, pro hac vice, Chris J. Lopata, pro hac vice, and, on the brief, Micah L. Hobbs, pro hac vice, James R. Fogarty, Andrew P. Nemiroff, Stephen J. Kaczynski, pro hac vice, Harold K. Gordon, Edward F. Hennessey, David Thomas Ryan and Frank F. Coulom, Jr., for the appellees (defendants).
Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Stephen R. Park and Thomas K. Jones, assistant attorneys general, filed a brief for the state of Connecticut as amicus curiae.
Charles D. Ray and Alfred A. DiVincentis filed a brief for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Inc., as amicus curiae.
Sullivan, C. J., and Borden, Norcott, Vertefeuille and Zarella, Js.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
The sole issue in this case, which comes to us upon acceptance of a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut,1 is whether a plaintiff, who seeks damages under the Connecticut Product Liability Act, General Statutes § 52-572m et seq., for injuries caused by an allegedly...
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