Legal Opinion
In re Philip Morris, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 28, 1998No. 97-CA-2708PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
1 .BYRNES, Judge.
Plaintiff, Philip Morris, Inc., appeals the denial of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum requested pursuant to LSA-C.C.P. art. 1437, 1438, and 1463, and LSA-R.S. art. 13:3821 and 13:3824 A. We affirm.
Plaintiff requested the subpoenas in connection with a matter before the Superior Court of Delaware County, State of Indiana, entitled Dunn, et al. v. RJR Nabisco Holdings Corporations, et al., No. 18D01-9305-CT-06. The plaintiffs in the Delaware case seek to establish that second hand smoke (referred to by Philip Morris as “environmental tobacco smoke”) was the cause of a…
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