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LANE v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Nos. 2001-CA-00384-SCT, 2001-CA-01032-SCT.

853 So.2d 1144 (2003)

Christine LANE and Cordelia Griffin, Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Willie Lawrence Muse, Deceased v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; Phillip Morris USA Inc.; Corr-Williams Company, Inc., Successor by Merger to Corr-Williams Tobacco Company, and C.W.C. Acquisition Company; Hattiesburg Grocery Company; and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation. Christine Lane and Cordelia Griffin, Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Willie Lawrence Muse, Deceased v. Liggett Group, Inc., Liggett & Myers, Inc., and Brooke Group Ltd.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Hubert Anderson, Hattiesburg, attorney for appellants.

Michael W. Ulmer, Lewis W. Bell, Jackson, Stephanie E. Parker, John F. Yarber, Atlanta, GA, Michael B. Wallace, Rebecca L. Hawkins, Walker (Bill) Jones, III, Sheryl Bey, Stuart G. Kruger, Tiffanee N. Wade, Jackson, Brooke Ferris, Jon Mark Weathers, Hattiesburg, Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, Andrea La'Verne Ford Edney, William E. Huffman, Jr., and William L. Durham, II, attorneys for appellees.

Jesse Lee Howell, Thomas A. Cook, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.

PITTMAN, C.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. The Court consolidated two appeals regarding related products liability suits against cigarette manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Both suits were filed in the Forrest County Circuit Court by the wrongful death beneficiaries of Willie Lawrence Muse. The first suit, No.2001-CA-00384, was dismissed on the pleadings pursuant Miss. R. Civ. P. 12(c). The second suit, No.2001-CA-01032, was dismissed on the pleadings pursuant...

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