Wolpin v. Philip Morris Inc.

ORDER DENYING UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S MOTION FOR REVIEW AND RECONSIDERATION OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

PAEZ, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff Roselyn Wolpin has brought a suit in the Southern District of Florida against defendant Philip Morris, Inc., alleging that she has suffered health problems as a result of occupational exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke. As part of that action, defendant Philip Morris sought the production of certain raw data relating to an epidemiological study entitled “Lung Cancer in Nonsmoking Women” (hereinafter…