Gloria SCOTT and Deania M. Jackson, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated
v.
The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC.; American Brands, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Batus, Inc.; Batus Holdings, Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc.; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; et al.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 7, 2007.
Rehearing Denied March 2, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph M. Bruno, Davis S. Scalia, Bruno & Bruno, Kenneth M. Carter, Kenneth M. Carter, PLC, New Orleans, Jack M. Bailey, Jr., Shreveport, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Law Office of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, Raul R. Bencomo, Bencomo & Associates, Robert L. Redfearn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, L.L.P., Russ M. Herman, Stephen J. Herman, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, LLP, New Orleans, Bruce C. Dean, Bruce C. Dean, LLC, Metairie, Deborah M. Sulzer, Attorney at Law, Stephen B. Murray, Stephen B. Murray, Jr., Murray Law Firm, Walter J. Leger, Jr., Christine L. DeSue, Leger & Mestayer, Meyer H. Gertler, Louis L. Gertler, Gertler, Gertler, Vincent & Plotkin, L.L.P., New Orleans, W. James Singleton, Singleton Law Firm, Shreveport, Paul H. Due', Due', Price, Guidry, Piedrahita & Andrews, Baton Rouge, Louis Roussel, III, Metairie, Michael X. St. Martin, St. Martin and Williams, Houma, Calvin C. Fayard, Jr, Fayard & Honeycuytt, Denham Springs, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.
Carmelite M. Bertaut, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittman, L.L.C., New Orleans, Richard A. Schneider, Jack M. Williams, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Appellant, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (now known as Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc., individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company).
Charles F. Gay, Jr., Ronald J. Sholes, Jeffrey E. Richardson, Christy F. Kane, Martin A. Stern, Adams and Reese LLP, New Orleans, for Appellants, Philip Morris USA, Inc. and The Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Phillip A. Wittmann, Dorothy H. Wimberly, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C., New Orleans, Mark A. Belasic, Robert H. Klonoff, Kevin D. Boyce, Jones, Day, Cleveland, OH, for Appellant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Steven W. Copley, Ernest E. Svenson, Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLP, New Orleans, Gary R. Long, Jennifer L. Brown, Nicholas P. Mizell, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, for Appellant, Lorillard Tobacco Company.
(Court composed of Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge DAVID S. GORBATY, Judge LEON A. CANNIZZARO, JR., Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME).
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
GORBATY, Judge.
A class was certified as one for the establishment of a court-supervised medical monitoring and/or smoking cessation program fund. Following two phases of trial, a judgment was rendered whereby defendants1, cigarette manufacturers and a public relations firm, were ordered to fund a smoking cessation program for class members who desired to quit smoking. Defendants appeal that judgment. For the following reasons, we affirm...
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