Paul L. SPAIN, as Administrator of the Estate of Carolyn Watts Spain, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, Philip Morris USA, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 29, 2004.
March 29, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
M. Clay Ragsdale, IV, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Samuel H. Franklin, William H. Brooks, Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Vernon L. Wells, II, Randall D. Quarles, Walston, Wells, Anderson & Bains, Birmingham, AL, Peter M. Henk, Stephen E. Scheve, Steven R. Selsberg, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Gordon A. Smith, W. Randall Bassett, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, Paul D. Koethe, Steven N. Geise, Richard G. Stuhan, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, David Stewart Eggert, Arnold & Porter, Heather Ann Pigman, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before CARNES, MARCUS and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
After briefing and oral argument in this cigarette product liability case, we certified issues of state law to the Alabama Supreme Court. Spain v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.,230 F.3d 1300, 1312 (11th Cir.2000). That Court has now issued its opinion in response to our certification request, an opinion which addresses three of the most important state law issues. Spain v. Brown & Williamson...
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