FALISE v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

No. CV99-7392.

107 F.Supp.2d 200 (2000)

Robert A. FALISE; Louis Klein, Jr.; Frank Macchiarola; and Christian E. Markety, Jr. as Trustees, Plaintiffs, v. The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; B.A.T. Industries, PLC; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated; Liggett Group, Inc.; and Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendants.

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

July 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Stengel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Steven Kazan, Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Oakland, CA, for plaintiffs.

Marjorie Press Lindblom, Kirkland & Ellis, New York, NY, Daryl Langdon Joseffer, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for American Tobacco Co., defendant.

Harold Keith Gordon, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York, NY, Alan Mansfield, Greenberg Traurig, New York, NY, Keith W. Vaughan, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, NC, Kelly Amanda Lee, Jonathon Andrew Fligg, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Atlanta, GA, Marilyn R. Forbes, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Raleigh, NC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., defendant.

Joseph M. McLaughlin, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, for B.A.T. Industries P.L.C., defendant.

Michelle H. Browdy, Robert F. Huff, Jr., Elli Leibenstein, Douglas G. Smith, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Marjorie Press Lindblom, Steven M. McCormick, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, James E. Milliman, Middleton & Reutlinger, Louisville, KY, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., defendant.

Terence J. Sexton, Andrew D. Carpenter, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, Charles B. Molster, III, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Jeffrey M. Wagner, Dan K. Webb, Joseph P. Franklin, Ricardo E. Ugarte, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Philip Morris Inc., defendant.

Nancy E. Struab, Kosowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP, New York, NY, for Liggett Group, Inc., defendant.

Terence J. Sexton, Andrew D. Carpenter, Karen A. Read, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, Alan Mansfield, Greenberg Traurig, New York, NY, for Lorillard Tobacco Co., defendant.


PRELIMINARY MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

Continuing the court's decisions on in limine motions reflected in orders dated July 18, 19, and 25, the parties' first Daubert motions are now addressed:

Expert Witnesses Challenged

There have been a number of challenges to the testimony of the following experts proposed as witnesses in the forthcoming trial:

1. Dr. Jeffrey Harris will appear...

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