CASTANO v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

Civil Action Nos. 94-1044, 94-3000.

961 F.Supp. 953 (1997)

Dianne CASTANO, et al, v. The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

February 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Becnel, Landry & Becnel, Reserve, LA, Joseph M. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, LA, Peter Joseph Butler, Peter J. Butler, Jr., Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, New Orleans, LA, Wells Talbot Watson, Baggett, McCall & Burgess, Lake Charles, LA, Russ M. Herman, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, New Orleans, LA, Michael X. St. Martin, St. Martin & Lirette, APLC, Houma, LA, Robert L. Redfearn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Wendell H. Gauthier, Julie Brannon Beiser, Dana Kim Cormier, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, LA, Edwin Rene Murray, Edwin R. Murray & Associates, New Orleans, LA, Kenneth Michael Carter, Carter & Cates, New Orleans, LA, Donna Unkel Grodner, Moore, Walters, Shoenfelt & Thompson, Baton Rouge, LA, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Robert Lieff, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Arnold Levin, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, John (Jack) Brown Baldwin, Scott Baldwin, Baldwin & Baldwin, Marshall, TX, Bettye Anne Barrios, Johnson, Johnson, Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, Louie J. Roussel, III, Metairie, LA, Perry Weitz, New York City, Melvin Belli, San Francisco, CA, Margaret Moses Branch, Turner Branch, Branch Law Firm, Albuquerque, NM, John P. Coale, Coale, Allen & Van Susteren, Washington, DC, Ralph Irving Knowles, Jr., Kenneth S. Canfield, Samuel W. Wethern, Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Divine, Atlanta, GA, Andrew W. Hutton, Mark B. Hutton, Michaud, Hutton & Bradshaw, Wichita, KS, Richard Alexander, Alexander Firm, San Jose, CA, Stanley M. Chesley, Sherrill P. Hondorf, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, Gayle L. Troutwine, Michael L. Williams, Jeffrey S. Merrick, Williams & Troutwine, Portland, OR, Robert D. Greenbaum, Myles H. Milman, Kohn, Nast & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, John P. Kopesky, Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, Philadelphia, PA, Stephen Barnett Murray, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Richard A. Daymard, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA, Jodi W. Flowers, Susan Nial, Charles W. Patrick, Ronald L. Motley, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, John R. Climaco, Michael V. Kelley, Jack D. Maistros, Shannon P. Haggerty, Climaco, Climaco, Seminatore, Lefkowitz & Garofoli, Cleveland, OH, John Bologna Krentel, Metairie, LA, Daniel G. Abel, New Orleans, LA, Francis H. Hare, Jr., Castano Plaintiffs' Legal Committee, New Orleans, LA, George Frieberg Riess, Polack, Rosenberg, Endom & Riess, New Orleans, LA, H. Russell Smouse, E. David Hoskins, John C.M. Angelos, Peter Angelos Firm, Towson, MD, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr., Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, Bruce C. Dean, Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, LA, for plaintiffs.

Robert E. Winn, Joy Goldberg Braun, Sessions & Fishman, New Orleans, LA, Bruce G. Sheffler, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, for American Tobacco Co.

Steven W. Copley, John Mason McCollam, Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Gary R. Long, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Inc.

John Mason McCollam, Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Charles L. Chassaignac, Peter A. Feringa, Jr., Carmelite M. Bertaut, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Gary R. Long, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co.

Charles Fenner Gay, Jr., Scott Edward Delacroix, Thomas J. Wyllie, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, Gary R. Long, Allen Rennie Purvis, James T. Newsom, James D. Muehlberger, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Dan K. Webb, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Robert Noel Clinard, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for Phillip Morris Inc.

Stephen H. Kupperman, Phillip A. Wittmann, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Carmelite M. Bertaut, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler, & Sarpy, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for RJR Nabisco Inc.

Stephen H. Kupperman, Phillip A. Wittmann, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Carmelite M. Bertaut, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler, & Sarpy, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Theodore M. Grossman, Paul G. Crist, Hugh R. Whiting, Mark A. Belasic, Robert C. Weber, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, S. Ann Saucer, Dallas, TX, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

John Jerome Weigel, Joseph Jacob Lowenthal, Jr., Madeleine Fischer, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevant, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, James V. Kearney, Francis K. Decker, Jr., Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, Jerry L. Mitchell, Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson, Torres & Friedman, Houston, TX, Marc E. Kasowitz, Daniel R. Benson, Michael M. Fay, Aaron H. Marks, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, for Liggett Group Inc.

Robert E. Winn, Joy Goldberg Braun, Sessions & Fishman, New Orleans, LA, for American Brands Inc.

Charles L. Chassaignac, Peter A. Feringa, Jr., Carmelite M. Bertaut, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Steven D. McCormick, David M. Bernick, Michelle H. Browdy, Andrew R. McGaan, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Griffin B. Bell, Gordon A. Smith, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Charles L. Chassaignac, Peter A. Feringa, Jr., Carmelite M. Bertaut, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Batus Holdings Inc., Batus Inc.

John Jerome Weigel, Joseph Jacob Lowenthal, Jr., Madeleine Fischer, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevant, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, Jerry L. Mitchell, Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson, Torres & Friedman, Houston, TX, Marc E. Kasowitz, Daniel R. Benson, Michael M. Fay, Aaron H. Marks, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, for Liggett & Myers Inc., Brooke Group Ltd.

Charles W. Schmidt, III, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, LA, for United States Tobacco Co., UST Inc.

Alan Harry Goodman, Thomas Mente Benjamin, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for The Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Steven W. Copley, John Mason McCollam, Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Loews Corp.

Charles Fenner Gay, Jr., Scott Edward Delacroix, Thomas J. Wyllie, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Philip Morris Companies, Inc.


ORDER AND REASONS

BERRIGAN, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on motions for summary judgment filed by the non-settling defendants in both of the above captioned consolidated cases. Having considered the record, the memoranda of counsel and the law, the Court has determined that the motions should be denied for the following reasons.

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