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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Betty Jean MYERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company Corp.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 99-17383.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted  Dec. 15, 2000.
    Submission Withdrawn and Deferred, Certified to California Supreme Court, Feb. 14, 2001.
    Certification to California Supreme Court Amended, March 28, 2001.
    Filed Sept. 30, 2002.
    Andre P. Gaston, Bourdette & Partners, Visalia, CA, for appellant Betty Jean Myers.
    Keith D. Kessler, Howard, Rice, Nemer-ovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, CA, for appellee R.J. Reynolds.
    
      Before BOOCHEVER, O’SCANNLAIN, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In light of the answer given to the question certified to the Supreme Court of California, Myers v. Phillip Morris Cos., 239 F.3d 1029 (9th Cir.2001), this case is REMANDED to the District Court for further proceedings consistent with Myers v. Philip Morris Cos., 28 Cal.4th 828, 123 Cal.Rptr.2d 40, 50 P.3d 751 (2002) and Naegele v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 28 Cal.4th 856, 123 Cal.Rptr.2d 61, 50 P.3d 769 (2002).