OR. LABORERS-EMPLOYERS HEALTH v. PHILIP MORRIS

No. Civ. 97-1051-MA.

17 F.Supp.2d 1170 (1998)

OREGON LABORERS-EMPLOYERS HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST FUND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

August 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Robert Stoll, Steve D. Larson, Jodi R. Lazar, Scott A. Shorr, Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter P.C., Portland, OR, Morton H. Zalutsky, Zalutsky & Klarquist, P.C., Portland, OR, Robert J. Connerton, John McN. Broaddus, Connerton & Ray, Washington, DC, for Oregon Laborers-Employers Health & Welfare Trust Fund.

James L. Dumas, Roy Pulvers, Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, LLP, Portland, OR, for Philip Morris, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

John W. Phillips, Daniel A. Zariski, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Seattle, WA, for Philip Morris Inc.

H. Joseph Escher, III, Peter J. Busch, Howard, Rice Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, P.C., San Francisco, CA, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Austin W. Crowe, Jr., Paul O. Ostroff, Paul S. Bierly, Bogle & Gates, PLLC, Portland, OR, for Brown & Williamson, American Tobacco Co.

John C. Monica, David W. Smith, Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO, George L. Kirklin, David G. Hosenpud, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, LLP, Portland, OR, for Lorillard Tobacco Co.

Lisa M. Umscheid, Garvey, Schubert & Barer, Portland, OR, for U.S. Tobacco Co.

John Nyhan, Suzanne Cate Jones, Chadbourne & Parker, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Stephen F. English, Bullivant Houser Bailey, P.C., Portland, OR, for British-American Tobacco Co.

Yvonne Look, Davis & Gilbert, New York City, Thomas J. Brewer, Wickwire, Greene, Crosby, Brewer & Seward, Seattle, WA, Stephen F. Crew, O'Donnell, Ramis, Crew, Corrigan & Bachrach, Portland, OR, for Hill & Knowlton.

Bruce Merritt, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, James R. Hermsen, Miller, Nash, Weiner, Hager & Carlsen LLP, Seattle, WA, Steven O. Rosen, Rosen & Assoc., Salem, OR, for Council for Tobacco Research.

Chester J. Wrobleski, Barry S. Schaevitz, Jacob Medinger & Finnegan, New York City, John D. Wilson, Jr., David M. Jacobi, Wilson Smith Cochran & Dickerson, Seattle, WA, for Smokeless Tobacco Council.

Paul Fortino, Perkins Coie, Portland, OR, for Tobacco Institute.

Marc E. Kasowitz, Aaron Marks, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, Friedman, LLP, New York City, Jonathan M. Hoffman, Douglas G. Pickett, Martin, Bischoff, Templeton, Langslet & Hoffman, Portland, OR, for Liggett Group, Inc.


OPINION & ORDER

MARSH, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are six employee health and welfare benefit plans created to provide comprehensive health care benefits to participants who are employed under various collective bargaining agreements. Plaintiffs are either self-insured or purchase insurance from insurance companies and pay for the health care benefits or insurance premiums from contributions made by participants and their employers. Plaintiffs filed...

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