STITT v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. CIV.A.01-1569.

245 F.Supp.2d 686 (2002)

Theresa STITT, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Daniel Stitt, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

March 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Coulter, Peirce Law Offices, Pittsburgh, PA, for Plaintiff.

Robert S. Grigsby, Kevin C. Harkins, Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, PA, Norbert F. Bergholtz, Brennan J. Torregrossa, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, John D. Goetz, Maureen T. Taylor, S. Tessie Corbin, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

LANCASTER, District Judge.

This is an action in tort. Plaintiff, Theresa Stitt, individually and as executrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Daniel Stitt ("plaintiff), filed a complaint in state court alleging negligence, strict liability, and civil conspiracy against defendant cigarette manufacturers Philip Morris Incorporated and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("defendants"). Her husband, a smoker of cigarettes manufactured by...

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