BURTON v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 94-2202-JWL.

181 F.Supp.2d 1256 (2002)

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

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

January 8, 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 David Burton.

M. Warren McCamish, Williamson & Cubbison, Kansas City, KS, John C. Noonan, Teresa L. Clark, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, P.C., 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, 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, Catherine L. Bjorck, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

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


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

LUNGSTRUM, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff filed this personal injury products liability action against defendants claiming that defendants' cigarettes caused his peripheral vascular disease and addiction. Plaintiff has asserted defective design and failure-to-warn claims under a theory of strict product liability as well as negligence. He has also asserted fraudulent concealment and conspiracy claims. This matter is presently before the court...

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