WILLIAMS v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 5:97 CV 0594.

964 F.Supp. 257 (1997)

Judith WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio.

May 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Russell Smith, Laybourne, Smith, Gore & Goldsmith, Akron, OH, Lawrence J. Scanlon, Scanlon & Henretta, Akron, OH, for Judith Williams.

Robert C. Weber, Dennis L. Murphy, Roger Allen Hipp, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

David J. Hooker, Thomas J. Collin, Robert Francis Ware, Jr., Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, for Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.

Kim M. Hastings, Charna E. Sherman, David J. Michalski, James M. Drozdowski, Hahn, Loeser & Parks, Cleveland, OH, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Diane P. Chapman, Thomas H. Shunk, Baker & Hostetler, Clvevland, OH, Thomas J. Frederick, Dan K. Webb, Thomas R. Bearrows, Joseph J. Zaknonen, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Philip Morris, Inc.

David S. Cupps, J. Scott Jamieson, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, OH, Thomas E. Riley, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, for American Tobacco Company.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DOWD, Senior District Judge.

Defendant, The Tobacco Institute, Inc. ("TI"), has filed, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2), a motion to dismiss the above-captioned complaint against it for lack of personal jurisdiction. Plaintiff has opposed the motion and, in the alternative, has requested that resolution of the motion be delayed until after Plaintiff has the opportunity to conduct limited discovery on the question of personal...

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