STATE of Iowa ex rel. Thomas J. MILLER, in His Capacity as Attorney General of Iowa, Appellant,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INC. (Philip Morris U.S.A.); Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Individually and as Successor by Merger to the American Tobacco Co.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Lorillard Inc.; United States Tobacco Co.; UST, Inc.; The Council For Tobacco Research—U.S.A., Inc; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.; The Brooke Group, Ltd.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.; Liggett Group, Inc.; and British American Tobacco Company, Ltd., Appellees,
RJR Nabisco, Inc.; American Brands, Inc.; B.A.T. Industries, PLC; Batus Holdings, Inc.; British-American (Holdings) Ltd.; Loews Corporation; and The Tobacco Institute, Inc., Defendants.
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April 22, 1998.
April 22, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, E. Ralph Walker of the Walker Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, Steven P. Wandro of Wandro & Gibson, P.C., Des Moines, Roger W. Stone of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, Brent R. Appel of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, and Glenn Norris of Hawkins & Norris, Des Moines, for appellant.
Robert A. Van Vooren and Thomas D. Waterman of Lane & Waterman, Davenport, and Dan K. Webb, Thomas J. Frederick, Kurt L. Schultz, and Kevin J. Narko of Wintson & Strawn, Chicago, Illinois, for appellees Philip Morris Incorporated and Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Steven L. Nelson of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, and Thomas F. Gardner of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, Illinois, for appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Roger T. Stetson of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, P.C., Des Moines, and Andrew R. McGaan and Michelle H. Browdy of Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois, for appellees Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and The American Tobacco Company.
Ross H. Sidney and Henry A. Harmon of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, and John C. Monica, Craig E. Proctor, and Catherine M. Castelluccio of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, Missouri, for appellees Lorillard Tobacco Company and Lorillard Incorporated.
J. Michael Weston and Brenda K. Werner of Moyer & Bergman, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, and Bruce G. Merritt and Eric Falkenstein of Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, New York, for appellee The Council for Tobacco Research.
Brent B. Green and Gregory R. Brown of Duncan, Green, Brown, Langeness & Eckley, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees United States Tobacco Company and UST, Inc.
Joseph R. Gunderson of Dreher, Simpson & Jensen, Des Moines, and Fred M. Weiler and Yvonne Look of Davis & Gilbert, New York, New York, for appellee Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
John A. McClintock, Chester C. Woodburn III, and David L. Brown of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, and John Nyhan, Jay Henneberry, and Suzanne Cate Jones of Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellee British American Tobacco Co., Ltd.
Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
ANDREASEN, Justice.
The Attorney General of the State of Iowa filed a ninety-nine page petition in district court against twenty-two defendants collectively identified as the tobacco industry. The State claims it has been damaged because it incurred, and continues to incur, substantial costs providing health care and other services to citizens and employees of the state who have suffered or will suffer from tobacco-related injuries, diseases, and illness. The petition...
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