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EISER v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.

938 A.2d 417 (2007)

Lois EISER, Administratrix of the Estate of William M. Eiser and Lois Eiser, Individually, Appellants v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION and the Tobacco Institute, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Buchwald Heller, Young Ricchiuti Caldwell & Heller, L.L.C., Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

George J. Badey, III, for Lois Eiser.

Jennifer Ann Diamantis, Peter S. Greenberg, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.

Jennifer Ann Diamantis, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, L.L.P., Howard Michael Klein, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, P.C., Philadelphia, for The Tobacco Institute.

Before CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN, FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Justice BALDWIN.

I.

It has been said there is "much consternation in the courts of this Commonwealth" related to where lies the outer limit of the number of issues an appellant may raise with concision pursuant to Pa. R.A.P.1925(b).1 In this case, the trial court insisted, and the Superior Court agreed, that the sheer volume of issues...

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