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GLOVER v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

No. 05-14219.

459 F.3d 1304 (2006)

Geneba GLOVER, James Gillins, individually as private attorneys general, or alternatively on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., Philip Morris USA, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 14, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Cynkar, Egan, Fitzpatrick, Malsch & Cynkar, PLLC, Vienna, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert A. McCarter, III, Murray R. Garnick, Geoffrey J. Michael, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC, Charles Cook Howell, III, Howell & O'Neal, Dana G. Bradford, II, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Richard Brian Rosenthal, The Law Offices of Richard B. Rosenthal, P.A., Miami, FL, for Charles E. Grassley, Amicus Curiae.

Rayford H. Taylor, Stiles, Taylor & Grace, P.A., Atlanta, GA, Jowanna Nicole Oates, Stiles, Taylor & Grace, Tallahassee, FL, Mary Ann Stiles, Robert J. Grace, Jr., Stiles, Taylor & Grace, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Associated Industries of Florida, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Alan Edward Untereiner, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseek & Untereiner, Washington, DC, for Chamber of Commerce of the U.S., Amicus Curiae.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and BIRCH and ALARCÓN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs Geneba Glover and James Gillins filed suit against cigarette manufacturers Philip Morris USA and Liggett Group under 42 U.S.C. section 1395y(b)(3)(A) of the Medicare Secondary Payer statute ("MSP"). Plaintiffs sought to recover for the Medicare program the cost of certain health care services—"attributable to cigarette smoking"—that were rendered in Florida and allegedly caused by Defendants' tortious conduct. The district court...

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