District Court, D. Puerto Rico August 14, 1997, Civil 97-1335 (PG) (De La Rosa v. Philip Morris Products, Inc.)

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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.