NATIONAL ASBESTOS WORKERS v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

Nos. 98 CV 1492, 98 CV 3287.

74 F.Supp.2d 213 (1999)

THE NATIONAL ASBESTOS WORKERS MEDICAL FUND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Philip Morris, Incorporated, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

August 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Capuano, James R. O'Connell, O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, Washington, DC, Mary Beth Harmon, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, New York City, Kenneth David Pack, H. Russell Smouse, John C.M. Angelos, Peter G. Angelos, R. Bruce McElhone, E. David Hoskins, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD, for National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund, National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Welfare Fund, National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, Washington ARE Carpenters' Health and Welfare Trust Fund, Iron Workers Local Union No. 16 Health Fund, Plumbers Local No. 1 Industry Bd. Welfare Trust Fund and UA Local 38 Health and Welfare Trust Fund.

Melvyn I. Weiss, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, L.L.P., New York City, for Painters Dist. Counsel No. 58 Health and Welfare Fund.

Barbara Robbins, Steven M. Barna, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Robert McCarter, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Paul F. Stecker, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, L.L.P., Buffalo, NY, Jeffrey M. Wagner, Thomas J. Frederick, Dan K. Webb, Jerome W. Pope, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Ben M. Germana, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York City, Paul F. Jones, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, L.L.P., Buffalo, NY, Peter C. Hein, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, Stephen R. Blacklocks, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Thomas John Quigley, Winston & Strawn, New York City, Murray R. Garnick, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Philip Morris Inc. and Philip Morris Companies, Inc.

Alan E. Kraus, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, NJ, Keith W. Vaughan, Robert D. Burton, Thomas Schroeder, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, NC, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, for Reynolds Tobacco Co. and RJR Nabisco, Inc.

Peter A. Bellocasa, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Marjorie Press Lindblom, Jennifer G. Gardner, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Batus Holdings Inc. and American Brands, Inc.

Donald I. Strauber, David A. Wallace, Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, New York City, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco Co.

Joseph M. McLaughlin, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for B.A.Y. Industries P.L.C.

Gary Long, Shannon L. Spangler, William L. Allinder, Donald J. Kemna, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, Alan Mansfield, Greenberg Traurig, New York City, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Lorillard Tobacco Co. and Loews Corp.

Michael Matthew Fay, Aaron H. Marks, Nancy E. Struab, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, New York City, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Liggett Group Inc., Liggett & Myers, Inc. and Brooke Group, Ltd.,

Bruce M. Ginsberg, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, Davis & Gilbert, New York City, for Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Anne E. Cohen, Debevoise & Plimpton, Harry Zirlin, New York City, for Council for Tobacco Research USA Inc.

Anne E. Cohen, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, Anthony R. Mansfield, Seward & Kissel, New York City, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.


PRELIMINARY MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

Defendants' motions to dismiss the complaints in these two cases are denied. A more extensive memorandum will follow this preliminary memorandum and order as soon as work permits. See 74 F.Supp.2d 221 (E.D.N.Y.1999).

I. FACTS

A. Plaintiffs' Original Claims

These two cases involve claims by medical providers...

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