ROGERS v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 09-87-120 CV.

761 S.W.2d 788 (1988)

I.D. ROGERS, et al., Appellants, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Philip Morris, Incorporated, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Lorillard, Inc., Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Inc., Liggett Group, Inc., the Tobacco Institute, Inc., and the Council for Tobacco Research—U.S.A., Inc.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Townsley, Townsley, Dale K. Hanks, Townsley, Bush Lewis & Ramsey, Beaumont, for appellant.

Norvell Lipsonb, Benckenstein, Norvell, Bernsen & Nathan, Beaumont, Michael W. Hogue, Webster & Sheffield, Houston, John G. Bissell, Strong, Pipkin, Nelson & Bissell, Walter J. Crawford Jr., Wells, Peyton, Beard, Greenberg, Hunt & Crawford, Beaumont, Sam Cruse, Andrews & Kurth, Houston, Dale Dowell, Reinstra, Dowell & Flatten, Lawrence Louis Germer, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Hubert Oxford, Benckenstein, Oxford, Radford & Johnson, Harold Peterson, Peterson, Petit & Peterson, Beaumont, Lea F. Courington, G.R. Poehner, David P. Stone, Moore & Peterson, Dallas, Daniel Goforth, Sewell & Riggs, Houston, Margaret L. Vandervalk, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Dallas, Andrew C. Hartzell, Jr., and John G. Koeltl, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, John T. Golden, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Herbert Dym, S. William Livingston, Jr., Richard J. DeSanti, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., Gene Voights, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., James Sandman, Arnold & Porter, Denver, Colo., William Key Wilde and Mark E. Lowes, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, for appellees.


OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Appeal from the granting of a summary judgment in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Philip Morris, Incorporated; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Lorillard, Inc.; Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Inc.; Liggett Group, Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc., and The Council for Tobacco Research—U.S.A., Inc.

I.D. Rogers, surviving husband, individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Marjorie...

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