RAMOS v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. Civ. 02-2707CCC.

414 F.Supp.2d 115 (2005)

Jose A. RAMOS, Maria Gomez, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

August 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amarilys Arocho-Maldonado, Arocho Maldonado Law Office, Utuado, PR, Myrna E. Ayala-Diaz, San Juan, PR, for Plaintiffs.

Clotilde Rexach-Benitez, Luis A. Oliver-Fraticelli, Rosalie Irizarry-Silvestrini, Salvador Antonetti-Zequeira, Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, Carlos A. Steffens-Guzman, Guzman & Steffens, San Juan, PR, PHV James R. Johnson, PHV Jason E. Keehfus, PHV L. Christine Buchanan, PHV Robin A. Schmahl, PHV Ryan E. Harden, PHV Stephanie M. Howells, PHV Todd Poole, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.


ORDER

CONSUELO CEREZO, District Judge.

This is an action brought by two children of the late Maria Gomez-Capeles against Philip Morris, Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Plaintiffs contend that their mother's death from lung cancer on November 21, 2001, at the age of 61, resulted from her having smoked defendant's cigarettes for more than forty-eight years. It is alleged that she developed an addiction due to the nicotine and other harmful ingredients contained...

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