EASTERN STATES HEALTH & WELFARE FUND; ILGWU Health Services Plan; Health and Vacation Fund of the Amalgamated Ladies Garment Cutters Union; Local 10, Unite; and Health and Welfare Fund of Local 99 Unite, Plaintiffs,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; RJR Nabisco Holding Corp.; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; American Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.; B.A.T. Industries, PLC; British American Tobacco Company, Ltd.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc.; United States Tobacco Co.; The Council for Tobacco Research — U.S.A., Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; and Hill & Knowlton, Inc., Defendants.
PUERTO RICAN ILGWU HEALTH & WELFARE FUND, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.
DAY CARE COUNCIL — LOCAL 205 D.C. 1707 WELFARE FUND, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.
IBEW LOCAL 363 WELFARE FUND, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.
LONG ISLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS WELFARE FUND, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.
LOCAL 840, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS HEALTH & INSURANCE FUND, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.
LOCAL 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND FOR HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES EMPLOYEES, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.
IBEW LOCAL 25 HEALTH & BENEFIT FUND, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.
LOCAL 1199 HOME CARE INDUSTRY BENEFIT FUND, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.
LOCAL 138, 138A AND 138B INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS WELFARE FUND, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 29, 1998.
June 29, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, New York City, Joseph Lipofsky, Robert S. Schachter, Dan Drachler, Natalie T. Blaney, Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., Mineola, NY, Michael A. Ciaffa, G. Oliver Koppell, for All Plaintiffs.
Levy, Ratner & Behroozi, P.C., New York City, Law Office of David Paul Horowitz, New York City, David Paul Horowitz, for Plaintiffs Local 1199 National Benefit Fund for HHS Employees and Local 1199 Home Care Industry Benefit Fund.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Peter C. Hein, Barbara Robbins, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, NY, Paul K. Stecker, Paul F. Jones, for Defendant Philip Morris, Inc.
Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, Marjorie Press Lindblom, Peter A. Bellacosa, Chicago, IL, David M. Bernick, Washington, DC, Kenneth N. Bass, Paul B. Taylor, for Defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. and American Tobacco Co.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City, Robert W. Gaffey, Michael S. Chernis, Washington, DC, Robert F. McDermott, Jr., Donald B. Ayer, for Defendants R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp., and RJR Nabisco, Inc.
Simpson Tracher & Bartlett, New York City, Mark Cunha, Adam Stein, for Defendants B.A.T. Industries plc and British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd.
Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, Thomas J. McCormack, Robert Pruyne, for Defendant British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd.
Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, New York City, Alan E. Mansfield, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO, Robert E. Northrip, Bruce R. Tepikian, Samuel B. Sebree, for Defendant Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York City, Peter J. McKenna, Eric S. Sarner, Mark S. Cheffo, for Defendant United States Tobacco Co.
Seward & Kissel, New York City, Anthony Mansfield, for Defendant The Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, Steven Klugman, for Defendant Council for Tobacco Research — U.S.A., Inc.
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, Michael M. Fay, for Defendant Liggett Group, Inc.
Davis & Gilbert, New York City, Bruce M. Ginsberg, Michael C. Lasky, for Defendant Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
Jacob, Medinger & Finnegan, LLP, New York City, Barry S. Schaevitz, for Defendant Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
The motion before the Court in these ten related cases represents a small but procedurally complex skirmish in the tobacco wars raging throughout the courts of this country. The plaintiffs are various employee benefit plans (collectively referred to hereinafter as the "Funds") which seek to recoup from the defendants, cigarette manufacturers and tobacco industry organizations (collectively referred to hereinafter...
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