VIGUERS v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., 584 Pa. 120 (2005)

881 A.2d 1262

Ralph W. VIGUERS as Personal Representative of the Estate of Aurelia P. Viguers, Appellant v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
September 28, 2005.

Appeal No. 40 EAP 2004 from the Order of the Superior Court entered on 11/24/03 at No. 3265 EDA 2002 affirming the order entered on 8/19/02 in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Civil Division, at No. 1576, August Term 2000; Joseph I. Papalini, Judge.

Sherri Lynn Eyer, Marc Philip Weingarten, Philadelphia, for Ralph W. Viguers, appellant.

Joseph Kevin Hetrick, Vernon L. Francis, Philip Neil Yannella, Robert C. Heim, Philadelphia, for Philip Morris USA, Inc., appellee.

Christopher S. D’Angelo, Philadelphia, for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., appellee amicus curiae.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

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ORDER
PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 28th day of September, 2005, the order of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.