INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 734 HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST FUND, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILLIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants.
Central States Joint Board Health and Welfare Trust Fund, Plaintiff,
v.
Phillip Morris Incorporated, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 1, 1998.
December 1, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Katharine Crane Byrne, Michael Daniel Mulvihill, Cooney & Conway, Chicago, IL, for Intern. Broth. of Teamsters Local 734 Health and Welfare Trust Fund.
David Bruce Love, Thomas James Frederick, Dan K. Webb, Lawrence R. Desideri, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Philip Morris, Inc.
Michael T. Hannafan, Cory A. Johnson, Mark Alan Cisek, Michael T. Hannafan & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.
Dawn Eileen Gard, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, for Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc.
Paul J. Walsen, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, Harold C. Wheeler, James A. Morsch, Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd, Chicago, IL, for Liggett & Myers, Inc.
Edward Michael Crane, Mark Edward Rakoczy, Deborah G. Solmor, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, for U.S. Tobacco Co.
Paul L. Price, Michael Gerard Bruton, Price, Tunney, Loughnane, Reiter & Bruton, Chicago, IL, Larry E. Hepler, Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald & Hebrank, Edwardsville, IL, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Frank L. Butler, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for Smokeless Tobacco Council Inc.
Deborah Lynn Kuhn, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, IL, for Hill and Knowlton, Inc.
Michael A. Pope, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, Michael Anthony Glackin, Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, for Adams Apple Dist. Management Corp.
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MANNING, District Judge.
I. Introduction
The court is addressing a question of first impression in the Seventh Circuit: whether health and welfare funds may bring an action for economic damages incurred due to increased medical costs stemming from their members' consumption of tobacco products. The plaintiffs International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 734 Health & Welfare Trust Fund...
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