BUCKINGHAM v. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 95-350.

142 N.H. 822 (1998)

BRUCE BUCKINGHAM, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ROXANNE RAMSEY-BUCKINGHAM v. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

May 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Fine & Associates, of Manchester (Stephen R. Fine on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Ransmeier & Spellman, of Concord (Steven E. Hengen and R. Matthew Cairns on the defendants' joint brief), and Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, of Cleveland, Ohio (Richard G. Stuhan & a. on the defendants' joint brief), for defendant R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Sulloway & Hollis, of Concord (Edward M. Kaplan on the defendants' joint brief and orally for all defendants), and Shook, Hardy & Bacon, of Kansas City, Missouri (Walter L. Cofer & a. on the defendants' joint brief), for defendant Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Devine, Millimet & Branch, of Manchester (Matthias J. Reynolds on the defendants' joint brief), for defendant Philip Morris Incorporated.

McNeil & Taylor, of Dover (R. Peter Taylor on the defendants' joint brief), and Latham & Watkins, of New York, New York (Francis K. Decker and James Copley on the defendants' joint brief), for defendant Liggett & Myers, Inc.

Ouellette, Hallisey, Dibble & Tanguay, of Dover (Dennis L. Hallisey on the defendants' joint brief), and King & Spalding of Atlanta, Georgia (William E. Hoffman and David Onorato on the defendants' joint brief), for defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.

Upton, Sanders & Smith, of Concord (Russell F. Hilliard on the defendants' joint brief), and Chadbourne & Parke, of New York, New York (Bruce G. Sheffler and Debra Barnhart on the defendants' joint brief), for defendant The American Tobacco Company.

Sanders & McDermott, of Hampton (Wilfred L. Sanders, Jr. on the defendants' joint brief), for defendant Prescott Farms, Inc.


HORTON, J.

The plaintiff, Bruce Buckingham, administrator of the estate of Roxanne Ramsey-Buckingham, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Mohl, J.) granting the motion to dismiss filed by the defendants, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Philip Morris Incorporated, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, The American Tobacco Company, Liggett & Myers, Inc., and Prescott Farms, Inc. The plaintiff appeals the trial court's rulings...

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