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CANTLEY v. LORILLARD TOBACCO CO., INC.

1950537.

681 So.2d 1057 (1996)

Mikki CANTLEY, as administrator of the Estate of Harlon Godfrey, deceased v. LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. King and Gina Thomas Cross of King, Ivey & Junkin, Jasper, and Charles E. Harrison of King, Ivey & Junkin, Fayette, for Appellant.

William C. Knight, Jr. and John C. Morrow of Burr & Forman, Birmingham, Harvey Jackson, Jr. and Edward R. Jackson of Tweedy, Jackson & Beech, Jasper, and Robert E. Northrip, William L. Allinder and Billy R. Randles of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellee Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Samuel H. Franklin and Lee H. Hollis of Lightfoot, Franklin, White, L.L.C., Birmingham, James R. Johnson and E. Elaine Rogers-Walsh of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, Georgia, and Charles R. Stephens, Jasper, for Appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

HOUSTON, Justice.

Mikki Cantley, as personal representative of Harlon Godfrey, deceased, filed a wrongful death action against several tobacco-related defendants, alleging that those defendants had caused Godfrey's death; Godfrey had been a smoker.1 The trial judge, based on federal preemption grounds, entered a summary judgment for the defendant Lorillard Tobacco Company ("Lorillard") and entered a partial summary judgment for the defendant...

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