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WHITELEY v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY  

Defendants urge us to reverse the judgments, contending: (1) plaintiffs were collaterally estopped by a special verdict in Whiteley I from showing Whiteley's reliance upon false statements by agents of defendants and, therefore, the trial court erred in admitting evidence of such statements by various entities and organizations alleged to be agents of defendants; (2) the jury's findings of Whiteley's reliance on false promises or other misrepresentations by defendants was unsupported by substantial evidence; and (3) the personal injury action (as distinguished from the wrongful death action) was barred by the statute of limitations.

We shall affirm the judgments.

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