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BARRERAS RUIZ v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

Civil No. 96-2300 JAF.

964 F.Supp. 613 (1997)

Carmen N. BARRERAS RUIZ, Angel O. Montañez Rivera, Maria Agrait Arroyo, Carmen Rios Vazquez, Carlos Manzanal Valencia, and Francisco Aviles Rodriguez, Plaintiffs, v. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Philip Morris, Inc.; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc.; Lorillard, Inc.; the Tobacco Institute, Inc.; B.A.T. Industries PLC, and the Council for Tobacco Research — USA Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

May 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge Oritz-Brunet, Ortiz-Toro & Ortiz-Brunet, San Juan, PR, Alvaro R. Calderon, Jr., San Juan, PR, for Plaintiffs.

Angel M. Cuevas-Trisan, Manuel A. Guzman-Rodriguez, McConnell Valdes, San Juan, PR, Heriberto J. Burgos-Perez, Salvador Antonetti-Zequeira, Fiddler Ginzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, for Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

This case involves a complaint for damages alleged by six smokers of tobacco products against several tobacco products manufacturers and the Tobacco Institute. Class certification has been requested but will not be considered in this Order. Defendant Tobacco Institute moves for dismissal under Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2) based on a lack of personal jurisdiction under Puerto Rico's long-arm statute, 32 L.P.R.A.App...

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