Legal Opinion
De La Rosa v. Philip Morris Products, Inc.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided August 14, 1997No. Civil 97-1335 (PG)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.
I. Background
Plaintiff is a citizen of the Dominican Republic and a legal resident of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He began smoking at age fifteen in his native Dominican Republic, mostly Marlboro and occasionally Winston brand cigarettes. In 1989, at the age of 47, Plaintiff moved to the island of Antigua, where he quit smoking. He then moved to Puerto Rico in 1992 and in April 1996 was diagnosed with lung cancer. On March 10, 1997, Plaintiff filed suit against Codefendants Philip Morris Products, Inc. (PM), and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.…
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