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Intro: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a wrongful death suit against Philip Morris and Altria.
Delores Hunter brought the suit on behalf of her common law husband, Benjamin Francis, who died from lung cancer in 2004 at age 52. . . .
HUNTER v. PHILIP MORRIS USA
DOLORES HUNTER; ESTATE OF BENJAMIN G. FRANCIS, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS USA; ALTRIA GROUP, INC.; THE ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 07-35916. . . .
[14] For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is vacated and the case is remanded with instructions that the case be remanded to state court.
VACATED and REMANDED with instructions.
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