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BURTON v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 94-2202-JWL.

395 F.Supp.2d 1065 (2005)

David BURTON, Plaintiff, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

October 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Leyh, Kansas City, MO, Scott B. Hall, Donald H. Loudon, Jr., Nimrod T. Chapel, Jr, Humphrey, Farrington McClain & Edgar, Independence, MO, for Plaintiff.

Catherine L. Bjorck, Paul G. Crist, Michael A. Nims, Stephen J. Kaczynski, Stephen B. Yeager, Jones, Day Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, Randal S. Baringer, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Clay Alfred Hartmann, Thomas C. Pavlik, William E. Marple, Sydney Bosworth McDole, Junius C. McElveen, Jr., Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, M. Warren McCamish, Williamson & Cubbison, Frank C. Woodside, III, James D. Griffin, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP, Kansas City, KS, Nicholas Booke, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, Peter K. Eck, James Mirro, Bruce G. Sheffler, Mary-Jo Middelhoff, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Cincinnati, OH, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LUNGSTRUM, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff David Burton filed this personal injury products liability action against defendants Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation f/k/a American Tobacco Co. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The case proceeded to a jury trial, and the jury returned a verdict in plaintiff's favor and awarded plaintiff compensatory and punitive damages. On appeal, the Tenth Circuit affirmed the compensatory damage award...

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