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TINSLEY v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD.

Docket No. A050220.

6 Cal.App.4th 562 (1992)

8 Cal. Rptr.2d 851

BETTY TINSLEY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

June 11, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lyle C. Cavin, Jr., and Jeffrey M. Cowan for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Finan, White & Paetzold and Robert J. Finan for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

PETERSON, J.

This is an action for wrongful death. Charles G. Tinsley, a merchant seaman, died of lung cancer in January 1989. Shortly thereafter, his heirs (appellants) filed a complaint against respondent American President Lines, Ltd. (APL), seeking damages because APL had sold Tinsley some of the cigarettes which allegedly caused his cancer. The trial court granted summary...

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