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3154 REVIEW GRANTED A statutory amendment abolishing the previously-existing statutory immunity of tobacco manufacturers to products liability actions applies retroactively to an action that accrued after the amendment went into effect, but was based on exposure to tobacco products that occurred prior to the amendment's effective date.CitationHENLEY v PHILIP MORRIS (Retroactive Tobacco) 93 CA4 824 [See: CivC 1714.45; Barker v Brown & Williamson 88 CA4 42, T/AT 5/01; Naegele v RJ Reynolds (RevGrtd) 81 CA4 503, T/AT 7/00; Souders v Philip Morris (RevGrtd) 87 CA4 756, T/AT 4/01]
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