Dewey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided 1990-07-26

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J. This products-liability case poses two troubling questions: (1) whether the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1331-41 (1982 Supp. III 1985) (hereinafter Cigarette Act), preempts plaintiffs claims, and (2) whether the recently-enacted New Jersey Products Liability Law, N…

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