Jodie BULLOCK, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., Defendant and Appellant,
Michael J. Piuze, Objector and Appellant.
Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Three.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 30, 2008.
January 30, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Law Offices of Michael J. Piuze, Michael J. Piuze and Geraldine Weiss, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Law Offices of Jeffrey K. Winikow, Jeffrey K. Winikow, Los Angeles; Law Office of Barry Wolf, Barry Wolf, San Jose; Pine and Pine and Norman Pine, Los Angeles, for California Employment Lawyers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Center for Constitutional Litigation, Robert S. Peck, Washington, DC, Louis M. Bograd and Valerie Nannery for Robert S. Peck as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Law Offices of Holly L. Hostrop and Holly L. Hostrop, Cathedral City, for Tobacco Trial Lawyers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Arnold & Porter, Ronald C. Redcay, Los Angeles, and Murray R. Garnick, Washington, DC, for Defendant and Appellant.
Dunn Koes, Pamela E. Dunn and Daniel J. Koes, Pasadena, for Association of Southern California Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf Defendant and Appellant.
O'Melveny & Myers, Charles C. Lifland and Marc S. Williams, Los Angeles, for California Manufacturers & Technology Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodre J. Boutrous, Jr., William E. Thomson and Dominic Lanza, Los Angeles, for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Haigh, Brown & Bonesteel, Rita Gunasekaran, Maureen Haight Gee, Los Angeles; Law Office of Michael J. Piuze, Michael J. Piuze and Geraldine Weiss, Los Angeles, for Objector and Appellant.
Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, for Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae.
Pillsbury & Levinson, Arnold R. Levinson, San Francisco; Altshuler Berzon, San Francisco, James Finberg; Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein and Robert J. Nelson, San Francisco, for Consumer Attorneys of California, Arnold R. Levinson and Robert J. Nelson as Amici Curiae.
Deborah J. La Fetra and Timothy Sandefur, Sacramento, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae.
Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Three.
CROSKEY, J.
Philip Morris USA, Inc. (Philip Morris), a cigarette manufacturer, appeals a judgment in favor of Betty Bullock awarding her compensatory and punitive damages after a jury trial. Philip Morris challenges the findings of liability on several counts based on products liability and fraud, the admission of evidence, the refusal of proposed jury instructions relating to liability and punitive damages, and the amount of the punitive damages award. Jodie Bullock...
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