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HASKIN v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 97-445-CIV-ORL-18B.

995 F.Supp. 1437 (1998)

Betty HASKIN, Plaintiff, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, a foreign corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Orlando Division.

February 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Glenn Mayfield, Ledford, Mayfield & Ogle, Ormond Beach, FL, for Betty Haskin, plaintiff.

John Karl Aurell, Kenneth R. Hart, Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, FL, James R. Johnson, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, GA, James E. Young, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., a foreign corporation, defendant.

Joseph W. Prichard, Jr., Robert B. Parrish, Moseley, Warren, Prichard & Parrish, Jacksonville, FL, Thomas E. Riley, Steven L. Vollins, Chadbourne & Parke, New York, NY, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company, a foreign corporation, defendant.

A. Broaddus Livingston, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, FL, Daniel C. Johnson, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Philip Morris Incorporated, a foreign corporation, defendant.

Robert A. Lazenby, High, Stack, Lazenby, Palahach & del Amo, Coral Gables, FL, F. Wallace Pope, Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Clearwater, FL, for Albertson's Incorporated, a Florida corporation, defendant.

ORDER

G. KENDALL SHARP, District Judge.

In this action, which was removed from state court, plaintiff Betty Haskin (Haskin) is suing three cigarette manufacturers, two cigarette lobbying groups, and one cigarette retailer for a host of bodily injuries she allegedly suffered due to her use of cigarettes. She states her claims in a six-count amended complaint. The three cigarette-manufacturer defendants have jointly moved to dismiss Counts V and VI of that...

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