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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. KING

No. 2004-IA-01170-SCT.

921 So.2d 268 (2005)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Phillip Morris USA Inc., The Corr-Williams Company, and Fayette Supermarket, Inc. v. Ursula R. KING, Individually and on Behalf of All Wrongful Death Heirs and Beneficiaries of Mary Lee Latham, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 2, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Wallace, Rebecca L. Hawkins, Walker W. (Bill) Jones, III, Mark C. Carroll, Bruce R. Tepikian, Michael W. Ulmer, Lewis W. Bell, Christopher A. Shapley, Robert L. Gibbs, Andrea La'Verne Ford Edney, Brooke Ferris, III, Ryan Jeffrey Mitchell, Laurel, Thomas M. Louis, Jackson, attorneys for appellants.

Robert C. Latham, Natchez, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

RANDOLPH, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Mary Lee Latham ("Latham") began smoking cigarettes in 1964 at the age of 13. She continued smoking cigarettes until her death from lung cancer, approximately forty years later on September 20, 2001.

¶ 2. On December 30, 2002, Ursula R. King, individually, and on behalf of the wrongful death heirs and beneficiaries of the deceased, Mary Lee Latham (collectively "King...

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