United States First Circuit

The district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendants is affirmed where based on the evidence at trial, the jury was compelled to find that the risks of cigarette smoking were commonly known during the relevant time period.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2003
• Published 10/28/2003

Judges

• COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Archie Jennings with whom Amarilys Arocho and Anita Hill-Adames were on brief for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert H. Klonoff with whom Salvador Antonetti Zequeira, Luis A. Oliver, Rosalie Irizarry Silvestrini, James R. Johnson, L. Christine Buchanan, Jones Day, and Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, P.S.C., were on brief for appellee.