SPAIN v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.

1000143.

872 So.2d 101 (2003)

Paul L. SPAIN, as administrator for the estate of Carolyn Watts Spain, deceased v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Clay Ragsdale of Ragsdale & Wheeler, LLC, Birmingham, for plaintiff.

Vernon L. Wells II and Randall D. Quarles of Walston, Wells, Anderson & Bains, LLP, Birmingham; David S. Eggert and Heather A. Pigman of Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C.; and Stephen E. Scheve, Steven R. Selsberg, and Peter M. Henk of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Houston, Texas, for defendant Philip Morris Incorporated.

Samuel H. Franklin, William H. Brooks, and Stephen J. Rowe of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham; Richard G. Stuhan, Paul D. Koethe, and Steven N. Geise of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio; and Mark C. Cawley of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., for defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

H. Thomas Wells, Jr., and William B. Wahlheim, Jr., of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham; and Gordon A. Smith, W. Randall Bassett, and Daniel A. Hillman of King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia, for defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company (individually and as successor by merger to the American Tobacco Company).

Ross Diamond III of Diamond, Hasser & Frost, Mobile; and Jere L. Beasley and R. Graham Esdale, Jr., of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Brenda D. Tillman, as administratrix of the estate of Kalen O. Tillman, deceased, in support of the plaintiff.

David G. Wirtes, Jr., of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, LLC, Mobile, for amicus curiae Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, in support of the plaintiff.

Allison L. Alford and Emily C. Marks of Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak, P.A., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.


PER CURIAM.

Carolyn Watts Spain ("Carolyn") was a cigarette smoker during most of her lifetime. After her death, her husband, Paul L. Spain ("Spain"), as administrator for Carolyn's estate, filed a wrongful-death action in the Jefferson Circuit Court against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Philip Morris, Inc. (now Philip Morris USA Inc.);1 and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Corporation (hereinafter referred to collectively as "the manufacturers...

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