Nikki Pooshs v. Phillip Morris USA

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NIKKI POOSHS, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v.

PHILLIP MORRIS USA, INC.; PHILIP

MORRIS COMPANIES, INC. R.J.

REYNOLDS TOBACCO HOLDINGS,

INC.; R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO

COMPANY; NABISCO GROUP No. 08-16338 HOLDINGS CORP.; NABISCO INC.; D.C. No. BROWN AND WILLIAMSON TOBACCO 3:04-cv-01221-PJH CORPORATION, individually and as Northern District of successor by merger to The California, American Tobacco Company and its predecessors in interest; BRITISH  San Francisco

ORDER

AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY PLC;

CERTIFYING THE

LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY;

QUESTION TO

LORILLARD INC.; LIGGETT GROUP

THE STATE

INCORPORATED; LIGGETT & MYERS

SUPREME COURT

INC.; LIGGETT AND MYERS TOBACCO

OF CALIFORNIA

COMPANY; VECTOR GROUP LTD.;

HILL & KNOWLTON INC TOBACCO

INSTITUTE, INC.; COUNCIL FOR

TOBACCO RESEARCH USA

INCORPORATED; DNA PLANT

TECHNOLOGY, CORPORATION;

SAFEWAY INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.  Filed April 1, 2009

3899 3900 POOSHS v. PHILLIP MORRIS USA, INC. Before: Betty B. Fletcher and M.…