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.