Shirley EHRICH; Florence Kessel, as executrix and administrator for the estate of Jerold Kessel; Shiela Lederman; and Gerald T. Lederman, Plaintiffs,
v.
B.A.T. INDUSTRIES P.L.C.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; American Tobacco Co., Inc.; BATUS Inc.; BATUS Holdings, Inc.; Council For Tobacco Research-USA, Inc, as successor to Tobacco Industry Research Committee; Tobacco Institute, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; Shook & Hardy, P.A.; American Brands, Inc.; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc. Lorillard Corp.; and Jacob, Medinger, Finnegan and Hart, Defendants.
United States District Court, D. New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 28, 1997.
May 28, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Alan E. Kraus, Jeffrey M. Siminoff, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Peretti, Morristown, NJ (Stephen J. Kaczynski, Brit K. Dietrichs, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, of counsel), for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Michael J. Vassalotti, Stephen J. DeFeo, Brown & Connery, Westmont, NJ (Arthur H. Rainey, John J. Haggerty, Christopher J. Michie, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, of counsel), for Philip Morris Incorporated.
Michael Dore, Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan, Roseland, NJ (Steve Michaels, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, of counsel), for Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc.
Russell L. Hewit, Dughi & Hewit, P.C., Cranford, NJ, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.
William C. Slattery, Slattery, McElwee & Jesperson, P.C., Short Hills, NJ (Daniel J. O'Neill, Chadbourne & Parke, L.L.P., New York City, of counsel), for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.
Charles M. Lizza, William S. Tucker, Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae, Newark, NJ (Billy R. Randles, David M. Woods, Robert E. Northrip, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, of counsel), for Lorrillard Tobacco Company.
William C. Carey, Michael A. Hammer, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, NJ (Edward B. Deutsch, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, NJ, of counsel), for Jacob, Medinger & Finnegan. (Brendan W. Sullivan, Gerson A. Zweifach, George A. Borden, Williams & Connelly, Washington, DC, of counsel), for Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP.
Steven M. Kramer & Associates, New York City, Steven M. Kramer, Wayne, NJ, for plaintiffs.
United States District Court, D. New Jersey.
OPINION
GREENAWAY, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on the joint motion for dismissal of defendants Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (individually and as successor by merger to the American Tobacco Company), Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc. (successor to Tobacco Industry Research Committee), Tobacco Institute, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris Incorporated, Lorillard Tobacco Company, and the law firm of...
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