In re TOBACCO LITIGATION (Medical Monitoring Cases).
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted: November 5, 2003.
Filed: May 6, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Scott S. Segal, Esq., Deborah L. McHenry, Esq., The Segal Law Firm, Charleston, for Petitioners.
Dennis C. Sauter, Esq., Gretchen M. Callas, Esq., Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
W. Henry Jernigan, Esq., Dinsmore & Shohl, Charleston, Mark L. Silbersack, Esq., Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, OH, Pro Hac Vice for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
Mark E. Troy, Esq., Bailey & Wyant, Charleston, for Liggitt Group, Inc.
Pamela L. Campbell, Esq., David B. Thomas, Esq., Teresa K. Thompson, Esq., Allen, Guthrie, McHugh & Thomas, Charleston, for Philip Morris, Inc.
William Michael Greunloh, Esq., Frederick C. Baker, Esq., Motley Rice, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Pro Hac Vice for Petitioners.
R. Scott Long, Esq., Hendrickson & Long, Charleston, for Petitioners.
Theodore Goldberg, Esq., David B. Rodes, Esq., Goldberg, Persky, Jennings & White, Pittsburgh, PA, Pro Hac Vice for Petitioners.
Jeffrey L. Furr, Esq., David V. Patton, Esq., Marilyn R. Forbes, Esq., Amy L. Bircher, Esq., Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC, Pro Hac Vice for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Joseph Patrick Archie, Esq., A. Elizabeth Blackwell, Esq., Andrew R.C. Gaddes, Esq., Sean P. Wajert, Esq., Dechert, Price & Rhodes, Philadelphia, PA, Pro Hac Vice for Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Michael J. Farrell, Esq., Farrell, Farrell & Farrell, LC, Huntington, for Lorillard Tobacco Company.
J. William Newbold, Esq., Bruce Ryder, Esq., Thompson Cobun, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Pro Hac Vice for Lorillard Tobacco Company.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
PER CURIAM.
In this appeal, we are asked to review a jury's verdict declining to require the manufacturers of certain tobacco-containing products to provide medical monitoring to individuals who were significantly exposed to the potentially harmful effects of smoking. As set forth below, we affirm a trial court order that upholds the jury's verdict.
I.
This appeal involves a class action by certain West Virginia residents (hereinafter "appellants...
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