Leslie J. GRISHAM et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A., INC. et al., Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 15, 2007.
February 15, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Baum, Hedliund, Aristei & Guilford, Baum Hedlund, Frances M. Phares, Michael L. Baum, J. Clark Aristei, Los Angeles; Law Offices of Daniel U. Smith and Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield, for Plaintiff and Appellant Leslie Grisham.
Brayton Purcell, Alan R. Brayton, Gilbert L. Purcell, Lloyd F. LeRoy, Novato, and Nance F. Becker, San Francisco, for Nikki Pooshs as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant Leslie Grisham.
Arkin & Glovsky and Sharon J. Arkin, for Consumer Attorneys of California's Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant Leslie Grisham.
Law Offices of Martin L. Louis and Martin L. Stanley, Beverly Hills, for Plaintiff and Appellant Maria Cannata.
Munger, Tolles & Olson, Daniel P. Collins, Daniel B. Levin, Los Angeles; Arnold & Porter and Murray R. Garnick, for Defendant and Respondent Philip Morris USA Inc.
Jones Day, Elwood Lui, Peter N. Larson, San Francisco, Paul G. Crist; Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Frederick D. Baker, San Francisco, Ralph A. Campillo, Los Angeles; and Maurice Leiter, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc.
Daniel J. Popeo, Richard A. Stamp; Zacks Utrecht & Leadbetter and Paul F. Utrecht, San Francisco, for Washington Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Hugh F. Young, Jr., and Harvey M. Grossman, for The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
MORENO, J.
In the context of two lawsuits against tobacco companies by smokers Leslie J. Grisham and Maria Cannata, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals asks us to resolve two questions:1 (1) For the purpose of the statute of limitations period applicable under California law to a personal injury action alleging injury arising from smoking tobacco, are persons presumed to have been aware by 1988 that smoking causes addiction and other health...
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