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Cipollone v. Liggett Group Inc. (1992), a U.S. Supreme Court case ruling that federally mandated warnings do not prevent smokers from suing companies according to state personal injury laws. In a complex 7-2 decision, the justices ruled that a suit cannot be based on the failure of a company to inform a consumer of the risks of smoking. However, an individual can make a claim that the company produced false advertisement or attempted to directly mislead consumers. Marc Edell, the advocate for the petitioner, graduated New York Law School in 1975.
