RICHARDSON v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Case No. 07C0834.

578 F.Supp.2d 1073 (2008)

Nathaniel RICHARDSON, Plaintiff, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

September 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel Richardson, Milwaukee, WI, pro se.

Aulica Rutland, Robert S. Pierce, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem, NC, Douglas M. Poland, Karen A. Waple, Godfrey & Kahn SC, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant.


DECISION AND ORDER

LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge.

Pro se plaintiff Nathaniel Richardson brought this action against defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in state court, alleging that for thirty years he purchased and smoked cigarettes produced and sold by defendant and that the cigarettes caused him to become sick with emphysema. Defendant removed the case based on diversity of citizenship and now moves to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure...

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