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TUAZON v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 04-35618.

433 F.3d 1163 (2006)

Nilo D. TUAZON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 11, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. McDermott, Jr., Jones Day, Washington, DC; Paul S. Ryerson, Jones Day, Washington, DC; Karen O. Hourigan, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellant.

Jon P. Ferguson, Jon Ferguson Law Group, PLLC, Bainbridge Island, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, T.G. NELSON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.

This case calls for us to decide whether R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("Reynolds"), a North Carolina-based corporation that has operated in Washington for more than half a century, may be sued in Washington for its alleged participation in a worldwide conspiracy to deny the addictive and harmful effects of smoking. Nilo D. Tuazon was diagnosed with a chronic lung disorder in 2003 in his native Philippines. The same year, Tuazon established...

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