BURTON v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Case No. 94-2202-JWL.

208 F.Supp.2d 1187 (2002)

David BURTON, Plaintiff, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

May 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth B. McClain, Nicholas E. Mebruer, Nimrod T. Chapel, Jr., Donald H. Loudon, Jr., Scott B. Hall, Humphrey, Farrington, McClain & Edgar, Independence, MO, Gregory Leyh, Kansas City, MO, for Plaintiff.

M. Waren McCamish, Williamson & Cubbison, Kansas City, MO, John C. Noonan, Teresa L. Clark, Stinson, Morrison, Hecker, LLP, Kansas City, MO, Stanley D. Davis, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, Junius C. McElveen, Jr., Jones, DAy, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, Sydney Bosworth McDole, William E. Marple, Thomas C. Pavlik, Clay Alfred Hartmann, Stephen B. Yeager, Catherine L. Bjorck, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, Stephen J. Kaczynski, Michael A. Nims, Paul G. Crist, Randal S. Baringer, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Roger D. Stanton, Berkowitz, Feldmiller, Stanton, Brandt, Williams & Stueve, LLP, Prairie Village, KS, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Inc.

James D. Griffin, Blackwell, Sanders, Peper & Martin, LLP, Kansas City, MO, Frank C. Woodside, III, Mary-Jo Middelhoff, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Cincinnati, OH, Bruce G. Sheffler, James Mirro, Pater K. Eck, Nicholas Booke, Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, New York City, Roger W. Warren, Sanders, Conkright & Warren, LLP, Kansas City, MO, James M. Warden, Warden Triplett Grier, Overland Park, KS, for The American Tobacco Co., Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.

On February 22, 2002, a jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff David Burton against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("Reynolds") and American Tobacco Company ("American")1, awarding compensatory damages against both Reynolds and American and authorizing an award of punitive damages against Reynolds. Both Reynolds (Doc. 653) and American (Doc. 655) request that the court set...

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