David H. BURLESON and Joan A. Burleson Plaintiffs
v.
LIGGETT GROUP INC., et al., Defendants
United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Lufkin Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 5, 2000.
May 5, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George Edmond Chandler, Chandler Law Offices, Lufkin, TX, W Mark Lanier, Lanier Parker & Sullivan, Houston, TX, Vaughan O'Neal Stewart, Lake Jackson, TX, W Douglas Matthews, Matthew & Kennedy, Houston, TX, Charles S Siegel, Dallas, TX, for David H Burleson, Joan A Burleson, plaintiffs.
Ellen B Malow, James William Bartlett, Jr, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP, Houston, TX, Michael M Fay, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, New York, NY, for Liggett Group, Inc., defendant.
Phillip Bruce Dye, Paul Edward Stallings, Kethleen Ann Gallagher, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Batus Holdings, Inc., defendant.
William E Marple, Stephen Brian Yeager, Catherine L Bjorck, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., defendant.
Stephen Edward Scheve, Steven R Selsberg, Alexander Christos Papandreou, Peter Michael Henk, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Houston, TX, for Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Philip Morris Inc., Philip Morris Products, Inc., Loews Corp., Lorollard, Inc., defendants.
United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Lufkin Division.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COBB, District Judge.
Certain Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is now before this court. [Dkt. # 29]1 Plaintiffs brought suit against various tobacco industry defendants for fraud and negligence in the manipulation of nicotine. Defendants moved for judgment on the pleadings arguing that plaintiffs' claims are barred by TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 82.004 (Vernon 1997). Recently, the...
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