BOEKEN v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

No. B152959.

26 Cal.Rptr.3d 638 (2005)

127 Cal.App.4th 1640

Judy BOEKEN, as Trustee, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 2005.

Review Denied August 10, 2005.

Certiorari Denied March 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold & Porter, Murray G. Garnick, Robert A. McCarter, Ronald C. Redcay and Maurice A. Leiter, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.

Michael J. Piuze, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certiorari Denied March 20, 2006. See 126 S.Ct. 1567.

HASTINGS, J.

BACKGROUND

Richard Boeken filed this action on March 16, 2000, alleging various theories including negligence, strict product liability and fraud resulting in personal injuries caused by his cigarette addiction.1 The complaint alleges that Boeken began smoking in 1957, when he was a minor, that he smoked Marlboro and Marlboro Lights, both manufactured...

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