Albertine Kirksey, of the Estate of Curtis Kirksey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1999-02-25

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POSNER, Chief Judge. The plaintiff appeals from the dismissal, on the defendants’ motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), of a personal-injury suit that she brought against two cigarette manufacturers as the executor of the estate of her husband, who, she alleges, smoked cigarettes manufactured by the defendants. The complaint, captioned “complaint for damages for wrongful death a…

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