Person

Rose Cipollone

New Jersey smoker who died of lung cancer in 1984; her suit against cigarette makers reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1992.

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Cipollone v. Liggett Group, 505 U.S. 504 (1992) the smoker whose death the suit concerns Primary record 1

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Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., 505 U.S. 504 (1992), Supreme Court of the United States (text via Cornell Legal Information Institute), 24 Jun 1992. Primary record
On August 1, 1983, Rose Cipollone and her husband filed a complaint invoking the diversity jurisdiction of the Federal District Court.
Petitioner is the son of Rose Cipollone, who began smoking in 1942 and who died of lung cancer in 1984.

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