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KENTUCKY LABORERS DIST. COUNCIL v. HILL & KNOWLTON

Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-394-H.

24 F.Supp.2d 755 (1998)

KENTUCKY LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST FUND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HILL & KNOWLTON, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Louisville Division.

September 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Wallbaum, Charles Robert Isenberg, Herbert L. Segal, Irwin H. Cutler, Jr., Segal, Isenberg, Sales, Stewart, Cutler & Tillman, Louisville, KY, Kenneth J. Vianale, Beth A. Kaswan, Michael C. Spencer, Joan T. Brown, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, New York City, Robert J. Connerton, John Broadus, James S. Ray, Connerton & Ray, Washington, D.C., G. Robert Blakey, South Bend, IN, Einer Elhauge, Cambridge, MA, Mitchell M. Breit, Weitz & Luxenburg, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Bruce M. Ginsberg, Davis & Gilbert, New York City, for Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

William D. Grubbs, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, KY, Matthew J. Calvert, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, Jack E. McClard, Brian V. Otero, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for Philip Morris.

Charles S. Cassis, Robert Y. Gwin, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, KY, Jeffrey J. Jones, Matthew A. Kairis, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.

David S. Bernick, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Charles S. Cassis, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, KY, Kenneth N. Bass, Paul R. Taylor, Karen McCartan DeSantis, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., William C. Boone, Jr., Louisville, KY, for Brown & Williams Tobacco.

John J. McLaughlin, Charles H. Cassis, Goldberg & Simpson, Louisville, KY, Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Adam I. Stein, Kathy McFarland, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for B.A.T. Industries.

Edward H. Stopher, Boehl, Stopher & Graves, Louisville, KY, Bruce Tepekian, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco.

Maria Santacroce, Michael M. Fay, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, Darryl William Durham, Louisville, KY, for Liggett Group.

Thomas J. Collins, David J. Hooker, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, Jack F. Fuchs, David A. Eberly, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cincinnati, OH, Steve Klugman, Harry Zirlin, Steve Michaels, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Council for Tobacco Research.

John T. Ballantine, Jr., Ogden, Newell & Welch, Louisville, KY, for The Tobacco Institute.

Eric L. Ison, Margaret E. Keane, Gregory S. Metzger, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, Louisville, KY, for Smokeless Tobacco Council.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HEYBURN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs and the proposed class members in this action are non-profit union multi-employer health and welfare trust funds (the "Funds") that pay medical expenses incurred by those employed under various collective bargaining agreements and their dependents (the "Participants"). Defendants are the eight major tobacco companies and certain tobacco-affiliated research and public relations firms. The Funds allege...

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