GROUP HEALTH PLAN, INC., a nonprofit Minnesota health maintenance organization; HealthPartners, Inc., a nonprofit Minnesota health maintenance organization; Plaintiffs,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; British-American Tobacco Company Limited; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; and the Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; Defendants.
Medica, a nonprofit Minnesota health maintenance organization and subsidiary of Allina Health System, Plaintiff,
v.
Philip Morris Incorporated; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; British-American Tobacco Company Limited; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; and the Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; Defendants.
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January 31, 2002.
January 31, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lawrence Zelle, Lawrence T. Hofmann, Richard Michael Hagstrom, Eric E. Caugh, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason & Gette, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs.
Peter W. Sipkins, Robert A. Schwartzbauer, Mark John Ginder, Randall R. Frykberg, Dorsey & White, Minneapolis, MN, Michael R. Geske, Murray R. Garnick, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Jack L. Lipson, David Eggert, Unknown, Eric L. Dobberteen, Maurice A. Leiter, John L. Carlton, James L. Layden, Arnold & Porter, Los Angeles, CA, Charles Spicknall, Not Admitted, James Scarboro, Thomas Stoever, Alfred T. McDonnell, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, William Maledon, Osborn Maledon, Phoenix, AZ, James Stuart Simonson, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey J. Jones, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, Jonathan M. Redgrave, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, Robert Klonoff, Unknown, Sydney B. McDole, Jill E. Tananbaum, Not Admitted, Jack Michael Fribley, Lori Ann Wagner, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Andrew R. McGaan, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Kenneth Bass, Karen DeSantis, Unknown, Richard A. Rice, Not Admitted, John Walter Getsinger, Minneapolis, MN, Amy Hendricks, Steven Vollins, Unknown, Michael Robert Docherty, Mark Allen Mitchell, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Susan D. Wolfe, J. Patrick Sullivan, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Elizabeth Hoene Martin, Law Firm Unknown, Robert V. Atmore, Steven D. Kelley, Reuben A. Mjaanes, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, MN, James Stricker, Aaron H. Marks, Nancy E. Straub, Not Admitted, Joseph T. Dixon, Jr., Neil M. Kliebenstein, Henson & Efron, Minneapolis, MN, Marc Rachman, Unknown, Bruce M. Ginberg, Davis & Gilbert, New York City, Andrew D. Herz, Not Admitted, Robert Lawrence Purdy, Kirk O. Kolbo, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, MN, Steven Klugman, Steve Michaels, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, Antoine Tinnion, Not Admitted, George W. Flynn, Hal A. Shillingstad, Flynn Gaskins & Bennett, Minneapolis, MN, Clifford M. Greene, Greene Espel, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Minnesota.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MAGNUSON, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment on Causation, Injury, and Damages and cross-Motions for Summary Judgment on the statute of limitations. For the following reasons, the Court grants Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment based on causation, injury, and damages. It is therefore unnecessary for the Court to reach the parties...
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