HUNTER v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.

Nos. S-15126, S-15135.

364 P.3d 439 (2015)

Dolores HUNTER, as personal representative for the Estate of Benjamin G. Francis, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don C. Bauermeister , Burke & Bauermeister, PLLC, Bremerton, Washington, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Jeffrey M. Feldman and Susan Orlansky , Feldman Orlansky & Sanders, Anchorage, Steven S. Tervooren , Hughes Gorski Seedorf Odsen & Tervooren, LLC, Anchorage, Geoffrey J. Michael , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, D.C., Patrick J. Gregory , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, San Francisco, California, and Stanley D. Davis , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, WINFREE, STOWERS, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Dolores Hunter, the personal representative of the estate of Benjamin G. Francis, appeals from a series of orders following a jury verdict in a wrongful death, products liability, and fraud action against Philip Morris USA Inc. resulting from Francis's death from lung cancer...

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