ARKANSAS CARPENTERS' HEALTH & WELFARE FUND, on behalf of itself and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INC; R J Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Bat Industries PLC; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group Inc; American Tobacco Company; Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A.; Tobacco Institute, Inc; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc. Defendants.
United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 28, 1999.
September 28, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John McN. Broaddus, Robert J. Connerton, Connerton & Ray, Washington, DC, Richard L. Gray, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Thomas H. McGowan, Nga C. Ostoja-Starzewski, Youngdahl, Sadin & McGowan, Little Rock, AR, George M. Fleming, D'Lisa R. Simmons, Sylvia Davidow, Fleming & Associates, Houston, TX, for Arkansas Carpenters' Health & Welfare Fund.
Sherry P. Bartley, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little Rock, AR, Jack E. McClard, Maya M. Eckstein, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, John Lucas, Hunton & Williams, Knoxville, TN, for Philip Morris, Inc.
Sherry P. Bartley, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little Rock, Robert Klonoff, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Sherry P. Bartley, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little Rock, AR, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., American Tobacco Co.
John S. Cherry, Jr., Robert L. Henry, III, Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale, P.A., Little Rock, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Christine L. McDaniel, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Overton S. Anderson, Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins, L.L.P., Little Rock, AR, for Ligget Group, Inc.
James M. McHaney, Jr., Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun, Ltd., North Little Rock, AR, Peter G. Kumpe, Williams & Anderson, Little Rock, AR, for Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A.
James M. McHaney, Jr., Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun, Ltd., North Little Rock, AR, for Tobacco Institute Inc.
Sherry P. Bartley, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little Rock, AR, for Smokeless Tobacco Council Inc.
United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division.
ORDER
MOODY, District Judge.
In the matter before the Court, the plaintiff, a union health and welfare trust fund, has brought suit against several cigarette manufacturers and related entities in which it seeks to recover reimbursement for medical payments it has paid out to its beneficiaries. It seeks recovery under several legal theories, including violation of federal "RICO" and antitrust laws and a variety of state statutory and common laws.<...
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