Vincent INSOLIA and Karen Insolia, Billy Mays and Phyllis Mays, Maureen Lovejoy and Lee Lovejoy, Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation, party joined pursuant to Wis.Stat. sec. 803.03, Plaintiffs,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group Inc.; The Council for Tobacco Research — U.S.A., Inc.; and The Tobacco Institute, Inc., Defendants.
United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 19, 1999.
May 19, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James A. Olson, Lawton & Cates, S.C., Madison, WI, for Insolia, Vincent, Insolia, Karen.
Thomas J. Basting, Sr., Brennan, Steil, Basting & MacDougall, Janesville, WI, for State of Wisconsin.
Richard Schmidt, Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, Madison, WI, for Physicians Plus Ins. (Invol Plaintiff).
Michael T. Graham, Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler and Krupman, Chicago, IL, for Associates' Health and Welfare.
Mullen J. Dowdal, Asst U.S. Attorney, Madison, WI, for Shalala, Donna.
Michael L. Zaleski, Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, for Philip Morris Incorporated.
James Clark, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Timothy J. Pike, Peterson, Johnson & Murray S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
Ralph A. Weber, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren Norris & Rieselbach, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.
Bruce A. Schultz, Coyne, Niess, Schultz, et al., Madison, WI, for Lorillard Tobacco Company.
Robert B. Raschke, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, MN, for Liggett Group Inc.
James F. Gebhart, Attorney at Law, Madison, WI, for Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
John H. Schmid, Axley Brynelson, Madison, WI, for The Council for Tobacco Research.
John Koeppl, Attorney at Law, Madison, WI, for The Tobacco Institute, Inc.
United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, District Judge.
This is a civil action for money damages brought by three former smokers and their spouses against the country's major cigarette manufacturers and two tobacco industry trade organizations. The centerpiece of plaintiffs' complaint is an omnibus conspiracy allegation, charging that defendants have engaged in a variety of tortious conduct aimed at recruiting new smokers and insuring that current smokers remain hooked...
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