Robert A. WRIGHT and Deann K. Wright, Plaintiffs,
v.
BROOKE GROUP LIMITED, Liggett & Myers, Inc., Liggett Group, Inc., Philip Morris Incorporated (Philip Morris USA), Philip Morris Companies, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and R.J.R. Nabisco, Inc., Defendants.
Supreme Court of Iowa.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 9, 2002.
October 9, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
E. Ralph Walker, David J. Darrell, and Harley C. Erbe of Walker Law Firm, Des Moines, Steven P. Wandro, CeCelia Ibson Wagner, Elizabeth S. Hodgson, and Michelle M. Casper of Wandro, Lyons, Wagner & Baer, P.C., Des Moines, Glenn L. Norris, George F. Davison, Jr., and Carla T. Schemmel of Hawkins & Norris, P.C., Des Moines, and Norwood S. Wilner of Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell & Matthews, P.A., of Jacksonville, Florida, for plaintiffs.
Robert A. Van Vooren and Thomas D. Waterman of Lane & Waterman, Davenport, and Timothy E. Congrove and J. Patrick Sullivan of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Kansas City, Missouri, for defendant Philip Morris Incorporated.
Steven L. Nelson and Kris Holub Tilley of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, Des Moines, and Robert H. Klonoff, Jeffrey J. Jones and J. Todd Kennard of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C. and Columbus, Ohio, for defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Richard J. Sapp and Michael W. Thrall of Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, and Kevin M. Reynolds and Richard J. Kirschman of Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Defense Counsel Association and The Defense Research Institute, Inc.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
TERNUS, Justice.
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