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United States Ninth Circuit


RIVERA v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., 03-16100

In a wrongful death action, dismissal of plaintiff's strict liability failure-to-warn claim is reversed where the evidence in the record is sufficient to survive summary judgment and raise a question for a trier of fact.

Appellate Information

  • Argued 12/10/2004
  • Decided 01/28/2005
  • Published 01/28/2005

Judges

  • FARRIS, Senior Circuit Judge., Before:  FARRIS, D.W. NELSON, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Mark Johnson, Esq. and Sims Weymuller, Esq., Johnson-Flora, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

  • For Appellees:
  • John P. Desmond, Esq., Jones Vargas, Reno, NV, Daniel P. Collins, Esq., Munger Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.
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