Leslie J. Grisham v. Philip Morris U.S.A., a Corporation Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company Corp., Individually and as Successor to the American Tobacco Company and Its Predecessor in Interest, British American Tobacco Industries, Plc, Maria Cannata v. Philip Morris Usa, Inc., AKA Philip Morris Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation

403 F.3d 631

Leslie J. GRISHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A., a corporation; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company Corp., individually and as successor to the American Tobacco Company and its predecessor in interest, British American Tobacco Industries, PLC, Defendants-Appellees.

Maria Cannata, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Philip Morris USA, Inc., aka Philip Morris; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 03-55780.

No. 03-56018.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 29, 2005.

Frances M. Phares, Esq., Baum Hedlund, Los Angeles, CA, Martin Louis Stanley,…